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19th January 2008, 06:25 PM #1Awaiting Email Confirmation
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2 vol 1 tone circuit
Hi.
I am considering using a 2 vol 1 tone circiut in a DIY guitar. Basically the circuit of a Fender Jazz bass.
Setting aside pot & cap values, is there anything in particular to do with the circuit itself that would make it unsuitable for guitars as opposed to basses?
eg: http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...=std_jazz_bass
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19th January 2008, 08:42 PM #2New Member
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No problem, here's a guitar diagram:
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19th January 2008, 09:29 PM #3
cap value is ok for single coils
i think the volumes may be interactive
i did similar 2 tones master volume + selector on a 2x p90 and found that the tones did interact with some unexpected but quite interesting results
the guy who bought the guitar loved it - i used it it as my #1 for 6 months and counted it as my fave blues axe so far out of 9 buildsray c
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20th January 2008, 06:34 AM #4Awaiting Email Confirmation
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I didn't explain clearly enough.
I don't want a selector switch but rather a mix of the volume switches like on a jazz bass.
http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wirin...c=std_jazz_bass
I haven't seen this on a guitar.
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20th January 2008, 09:14 AM #5New Member
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OK didn't understood.So you want a volume /tone /balance pot configuration?
My Gibson Marauder (76 issue) is configured that way.
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20th January 2008, 10:43 AM #6
the selector switch has no effect on the circuit - as if switch is in centre position with both pickups open - the one i built i vol 2 tones i vol was interactive with both pickups open - so as i said the volumes may interact
i havent acually played a jazz bass for may years so i forget how the circuit works
you could build a test rig with a single string and space at one end to experiment with variuos tone vol and pickup wiring schemes
if you ask the question on a bass forum you could find out how it works on a j bass - pretty standard circuit - been around for years - if it was me i would give it a tryray c
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20th January 2008, 04:24 PM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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on that diagrams the tones are not actually interactive if you look closely. the reason they can become interactive is one pot gives a short to ground when completely turned down for the output (not just that section of it)
they have actually switched the wires around on the pot so that the pickup output is on the wiper, giving a constant resistance to ground (the resistance of the pot) but still shorting the signal from that section to ground. smart little detail. glad someone put this up, as its a good idea and is something i will be using on the bass when i put the full wiring in.
you should probably double the pot value for what you would put in if were a single vol single tone circuit to get the same loading as you would usually prefer.
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21st January 2008, 12:35 AM #8
umm hopefully were still on the same track
this the circuit i used on the guitar i talked about earlier with interactive tone controls
how would i modify the above to make the tone controls dedicated to one pickup only when both are openray c
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23rd January 2008, 12:48 PM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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to get the tone controls indipendant for the pickups you need to put them on the leads coming from each pickup. so you would put the tone controls before the selector switch. (i think that is what you wanted)
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23rd January 2008, 12:58 PM #10SENIOR MEMBER
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this is more of what you want. the green wire coming from your selector switch is just a ground, not really part of the circuit. (its just the same as how you ground a bridge and every other metalic part)
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23rd January 2008, 08:36 PM #11
ok
thanks for that
i will give that one a try
very remedial wiring skills only hereray c
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