Kill switch on a Strat: Where should I place it?

[unleashthejay]

I'm adding this kill switch to my strat. I was wondering if anyone has it installed on a strat and if so where would you recommend I place it? I want to avoid accidental button presses. Thank you!

[Mincer]

Maybe make a master tone, and install it where the 2nd tone knob is...

[PFDarkside]

Maybe make a master tone, and install it where the 2nd tone knob is...

That’s what I’d do.

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Maybe make a master tone, and install it where the 2nd tone knob is...

That's what I've done before

[El Dunco]

Where it’s comfy. What about one of the horns?

[Mikelamury]

I use the TESI switch mentioned above but I get the 10mm ones(the closest they have to regular pot size) and I get the latching model because you get momentary function capable of rythmic stutters unless you push down hard enough to latch it which you have a lot of play room to use the switch momentarily without accidentally latching it that way I can have latching and momentary function in one switch. I always have a problem with the volume pot on a strat because my hand turns it down when I palm mute. So I move the volume down to the first tone position and either get rid of one tone pot or there is enough room to fit the tone pot in a triangle pattern between the two lower pots if you situate the pot against the edge of the cavity under the switch with the connections of the pot facing inward towards the other two pots connections that are all facing each other in the triangle pattern. This leaves the top pot hole free and I install one of the latching 10mm TESI switch in the top pot hole giving me a push button kill switch with both momentary and latching functions that my hand doesn't engage when I palm mute.

[NegativeEase]

Key Detail needed -are you using the killswitch in songs for effect or for between songs or whole parts?

[Securb]

They are flat, so it is difficult to hit them without purpose. I wouldn't worry much about hitting it by accident. Mine is set right behind the volume knob.

[El Dunco]

I’ve been thinking, a toggle switch where the downward position is “on” is more intuitive, but a kill-button mutes when you press it, so you’d have to practice hitting the button on the off beat to overcome your natural inclination to hit it in time. Aside from doing that, I’d want a little switch to “arm” the button, make everything mute already and the button turn the sound on.

[unleashthejay]

Key Detail needed -are you using the killswitch in songs for effect or for between songs or whole parts?

I'm using it in songs for effect.

[DCikes88]

Yeah the flatness of the switch you chose really makes them difficult to press by accident.

Maybe, making the bridge tone knob into a master, and the neck/mid tone into a volume knob so that you can repurpose the og vol pot hole for the killswitch.
It would be very close to the bridge pickup, so super easy access especially for effects use, and the flatness of the switch would not interfere with using the actual knobs.

Maybe it's stupid, but just a thought.
I only have a killswitch on my tele's plate, so not a lot of non-destructive options there...

[Chistopher]

Look up Killpot, it let's you use the volume control as a momentary kill switch

[DCikes88]

Look up Killpot, it let's you use the volume control as a momentary kill switch

Hey I'm interested since I have no experience with this type of switch/pot.
How easy/difficult would it be to accidentaly slide the volume up or down while using it intermittently, SOS-style?
It certainly makes the install clean, aestheticaly speaking.

[Mincer]

I know Ulrich Teuffel designed guitars with a kill switch, but you had a choice (instead of silence) when it was engaged, you can either get a really loud hum, or crazy squealing feedback with a mic built into the neck of the guitar. Pretty wild stuff.

[Lucius Paisley]

The local guitar shop did a kill switch on an Ibanez in this position.

I guess it's going to come down to how often you plan to use it. But I think this position makes more sense since it's closer to bridge/strings and you're unlikely to knock it (if indeed the button sits that flat on the body).