Opinions?

[JCizzle]

What's up, dudes? Well, with my Warmoth neck and body either shippped or shipping soon, it's time for me to start thinking about wiring. I'm going to go with the standard option in the link below, however I do have an extra control knob available on the guitar. At first I was just going to leave it disconnected (I still might), but does anyone have an opinion one way or the other on what I could do with it?


https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/main/downloads/schematics/general/hsh_hss/hsh__1_vol__1_tone__5_way_with_auto_coilsplit.pdf

 

[line6man]

How about placing a capacitor in series with the signal path, and using a pot to vary the impedance across it, such to create a high-pass filter?

It may or may not be totally useless, but either way, set it flat and it has no effect in the circuit.

 

[Cagey]

If it was me, I'd order a pickguard with the right number of holes. But, I understand sometimes that's easier said than done. Barring that, I'd do the dummy pot. It'll look normal, and maybe someday something will come to mind that'll need the hole.

 

[JCizzle]

Well it's rear-routed, I'd hate to put a pickguard on a nice piece of wood.

 

[JCizzle]

How about placing a capacitor in series with the signal path, and using a pot to vary the impedance across it, such to create a high-pass filter?

It may or may not be totally useless, but either way, set it flat and it has no effect in the circuit.

I have no idea what any of that means.  :tard:

 

[line6man]

Barring that, I'd do the dummy pot. It'll look normal, and maybe someday something will come to mind that'll need the hole.

Stereo jack with the ring terminal connected to the pot, such to vary the impedance to the ground potential, to adjust some external circuit that controls an effects pedal or amp or something. I've always thought that would be cool. :blob7:

How about placing a capacitor in series with the signal path, and using a pot to vary the impedance across it, such to create a high-pass filter?

It may or may not be totally useless, but either way, set it flat and it has no effect in the circuit.

I have no idea what any of that means.  :tard:

A tone pot that cuts bass.

 

[pabloman]

GFS MODboards or one of their tone circuits.  :headbang1:

 

[JCizzle]

GFS MODboards or one of their tone circuits.  :headbang1:

I'll look into that, I like that website.

 

[Rickgrxbass]

Kind of glad to hear I'm not the only one with the "too many holes" problem  :tard:

Er, wait, that sounds wrong...

what would be extraordinarily useful to me is a toggle switch that has a 3/8" shaft so as to fit in a hole intended for a potentiometer. Anyone have a source? For argument's sake, we'll say I need an on-on DPST and an on-on-on DPDT (or whatever a Switchcraft pickup selector works out to be, I know I'm going to be wrong if I guess that it's a SPDT)

 

[line6man]

Kind of glad to hear I'm not the only one with the "too many holes" problem  :tard:

Er, wait, that sounds wrong...

what would be extraordinarily useful to me is a toggle switch that has a 3/8" shaft so as to fit in a hole intended for a potentiometer. Anyone have a source? For argument's sake, we'll say I need an on-on DPST and an on-on-on DPDT (or whatever a Switchcraft pickup selector works out to be, I know I'm going to be wrong if I guess that it's a SPDT)

You can use a mini toggle. Why not simply enlarge the hole, however? If you want a pot later, you can use large washers.

 

[JCizzle]

How about a push-pull that sounds a horn letting your woman know it's time to bring another beer?

 

[Rickgrxbass]

How about a push-pull that sounds a horn letting your woman know it's time to bring another beer?

I'd need a woman first, but I suppose there's nothing wrong with planning ahead  :laughing7:

 

[JCizzle]

How about a push-pull that sounds a horn letting your woman know it's time to bring another beer?

I'd need a woman first, but I suppose there's nothing wrong with planning ahead  :laughing7:

That way when you bring her to your place, that is the first thing you show her; "Here is a horn, and here is what you do when you hear it go off." I can just hear the panties dropping now... :laughing3:

 

[drewfx]

If you don't know what you want, I'd just put a dummy pot there for now and then get to know the guitar. Then you can decide better what you might want to add, if anything.

There are all sorts of passive and active things you can do. And whereas some people like to keep it as simple as possible, I almost always like having more possibilities - but only if I'll both actually use them and they don't get in the way.

 

[JCizzle]

If you don't know what you want, I'd just put a dummy pot there for now and then get to know the guitar. Then you can decide better what you might want to add, if anything.

There are all sorts of passive and active things you can do. And whereas some people like to keep it as simple as possible, I almost always like having more possibilities - but only if I'll both actually use them and they don't get in the way.

That's what I'm leaning towards right now, especially considering it's my first build.

 

[line6man]

There is also the option of a Gibson style midrange cut control. Would that be useful on a Strat?

 

[JCizzle]

There is also the option of a Gibson style midrange cut control. Would that be useful on a Strat?

Is that like a specific EQ knob? This build isn't a traditional "strat," per se...

 

[line6man]

There is also the option of a Gibson style midrange cut control. Would that be useful on a Strat?

Is that like a specific EQ knob? This build isn't a traditional "strat," per se...

If you put a capacitor in series with an inductor, in series with a variable resistor, and then put all that parallel to the signal, you get a sort of bandstop that lowers impedance for the midrange frequencies. The capacitor blocks out the low frequencies, while the inductor blocks out the high frequencies, so what's left in the middle is diverted to ground. The limits of the bandwidth can be tweaked by changing the value of the capacitor and inductor.

Again, I don't know that such things are truly useful in practical applications, but it's worth trying, as something to fill the third hole and keep up appearances.

 

[drewfx]

Keep in mind you can just wire up many of these things outside of a guitar to try them out.

And that passive EQ cuts can cause a volume drop, with how much depending on the frequencies affected.

 

[greywolf]

EMG SPC is a nice addition  rolls off treble a bit  6db boost to mids