2 pickups with blender pot instead of pickup selector switch?

[MicRic]

Hi All,

I don't have a lot of hands on experience with wiring and am wondering if it's possible to wire a blender pot to replace a pickup selector switch for a bridge and neck pickup.

The set up I have in mind is a concentric pot for both pickups (Volume and Tone).
Everything I'm reading and seeing with wiring diagrams is about using a blender pot with a 3 pickup configuration, and I don't have the knowledge to determine how this could work with 2 pickups.

I'm open to other ideas if that's not possible. Thanks.

 

[TBurst Std]

It is possible, but think about practicality.

If each pup has its own vol pot, why the blender? (think Jazz bass). If that is not the case, in live use a blender pot is more cumbersome to make adjustments to than a switch (think Tele with a modded Esquire wiring). I though I'd love that last example, but live I really don't like it at all.

 

[supertruper1988]

I would forgo the individual volumes because you have a blend, thus making an individual volume in a single pot.

Many basses are wired this way with a Master Volume, Blend, and Tone (sometimes a preamp instead of a tone) but the principle is the same.

This is the kind of pot you are looking for:

https://www.allparts.com/products/ep-6386-cts-500k-balance-blend-detent-split-linear-pot

It seems most of them are linear taper which should be fine in your application.

 

[MicRic]

It is possible, but think about practicality.

If each pup has its own vol pot, why the blender? (think Jazz bass). If that is not the case, in live use a blender pot is more cumbersome to make adjustments to than a switch (think Tele with a modded Esquire wiring). I though I'd love that last example, but live I really don't like it at all.

Thanks for the response. I'm fairly new to modding and have been soaking up so much information to the point of overload. I don't think I was fully understanding the reason behind doing this so thanks for the reality check. I appreciate it.