james4

^more resistance!


and syk, i can just trow together a little box that goes
input -> killswitch kind of switch -> variable resistance -> output

and test out that series resistance idea

__________________
Wiring your guitar?

SomeoneYouKnew

^ great idea.

I totally get that. I pretty much expected that would be your reaction.

2k4 in parallel would suck more than a lot of tone. Basically all of it.

I can't think of anything easy to try.

__________________

Meadows

GODhimself37

Is it possible to just use a DPDT switch instead of a button? Would it help?

__________________

If a mortal stands before us
Strike him down with sleight of hand.
And if heaven rides against us
Then God himself must be damned.

Computer Science major! Apple enthusiast!
I wear Vibrams and type with Dvorak!

SomeoneYouKnew

Dunno. Maybe? If so, probably connect just one side of it, as if it was a SPDT.

You could try connecting the
hot from the pickup selector to one of the throws
and ground* to the other throw.
The pole connects to the output jack.

*or maybe instead of directly to ground, use a 5k (or so) resistor to ground.

__________________

Meadows

GODhimself37

Btw, all i have right now is the hot and ground running to the jack. Would that contribute to the popping?

__________________

If a mortal stands before us
Strike him down with sleight of hand.
And if heaven rides against us
Then God himself must be damned.

Computer Science major! Apple enthusiast!
I wear Vibrams and type with Dvorak!

The4thHorsemen

I'm gonna try the resistor thing, I've got two 1M resistors, so first I'll try a 1M to see if that's high enough, and if it's not I'll just put em in series to get 2M ohms. it'll be at least a day or two though. I need to get a new switch (I had to take mine out temporarily while messing with my wiring and because when I installed it a wrapped the wire around the leg multiple times it was really hard to get off. by the time it was off the plastic around the lug was melted lol. it was one of the first electrical mods I did and I didn't want it coming off)


but yea, I'll let ya'll know if the 1M is high enough.

__________________

Mandeep

i'm really not sure where this resistor across the lugs idea came up cause i've never seen it work. on my old killswitch i had a 2M resistor across the lugs and when that didn't stop the popping i just gave up and rewired my guitar differently.

the_perdestrian

Hey I want to put a killswitch in the guitar im customizing/restoring, but I am kinda confused as to where to put it. The TS was kinda unclear to me. I realize that I need to make the ground conect to the output (or at least I think, but All these electronics really confuse me since I can't find any really good explanations of anything for absolute beginners.

bassically my guitar will be like this http://www.seymourduncan.com/suppor...1hum_1vol_1tone

1 humbucker 1 vol 1 tone. pretty straight forward, and a killswitch.

I have a SPST switch exactly like the one pictured in the OP. can you tell me exactly where I should put it?

james4

^you're correct when you say you need to connect the ground and the output

one lug of your SPST switch should be soldered to the middle lug of your volume pot. that's directly connected to the hot output

the other lug gets connected to a ground point. in this case, you can just solder it to the back of the volume pot (which is already grounded)

__________________
Wiring your guitar?

Pac_man0123

This may sound stupid, but how would one go about wiring a 3-way toggle switch as a killswitch so that the positions are on-kill-on?

__________________
Member of the 7 String Legion... 7>6

No matter how much you glorify Agile, they're only Korean-made guitars.

the_perdestrian

alright cool thanks, that seems easy enough.

and to the dude above me, I don't know if thats even possible but if it is you can't do it with a normal gibson style switch

james4

no problem

and pac man: what kind of 3-way do you have?

__________________
Wiring your guitar?

TapGuru

wow this thread is so helpful thanks so much for this post.

__________________
Parker Fly Guitar Reviews http://www.parkerfly.org

Pac_man0123

Well it'd just be a normal 3-way toggle so the specific type doesn't matter. I'm only planning it right now so I know what I need to do when I get around to it. Whichever one is easiest to do this with, I suppose. I don't know a lot about the different types.

__________________
Member of the 7 String Legion... 7>6

No matter how much you glorify Agile, they're only Korean-made guitars.

FenderMayer

my crappy p-bass, with a momentary mini toggle:


Hey man! How does the toggle switch work out for you? Does it come loose, or is it strong? Sorry, I'm a n00b in the world of guitar mods, so I want to know .

james4

it's worked just fine for me so far..I've had it in for quite a few years, but keep in mind that I don't play bass as often as I play guitar, and I'm usually not doing morrello-style stuff with it, anyway

it's held up fairly well so far, though if you want to do fast on/off stuff, I'd suggest getting a push button style switch rather than a toggle

__________________
Wiring your guitar?

minnis

What happens if the resistor is too high? I can get 10M ohms, is this too high? Or is it a case of the higher the better?
Here they are, are these suitable?

zYx Monster xYz

Question

I've seen a lot of pictures around of different wiring diagrams. But some have it wired to the Jack and some are wired to the master volume.

But does it matter which one you wire it to?

__________________

Down they come
The swarm of locusts
Skies above
Converge to choke us
Feast of souls
Consume the harvest
Young and old
Suffer unto the locust

SomeoneYouKnew

nope. whichever is most convenient.

__________________

Meadows