Hi all,
How do I wire a tele bridge pickup and a strat middle pickup as if the following is done using a single volume pot, the good old 5 way switch, and the addition of an on/off DPDT mini switch:
- In the new position (second position with the miniswitch on or of whatever), it should sound like the middle pickup is "parallel" with the middle pickup such that it is as if the middle strat pickup has an independent volume control that is mixed just a little bit with the bridge...
The idea came to me from Brent Mason's tele. I wanna get that bridge sound, but without the addition of extra volume pot that he has for his middle pickup. Here you can see more of this:
At exactly 2:42 he talks about this and says that he uses it like an eq instead of a strat kinda tone by washing off some of the annoying high end...
So I want to wire this strat of mine as follows:
- When the mini is on in the mid position, I'll be adding a resistor (say 175-250K) in series with the hot of the middle pickup. When the switch is off, there wouldn't be any resistors in series so it would sound like a standard strat second position. Hook the middle lug of the DPDT switch to the 5 way switch where the middle pickup is supposed to be connected to.
I intend to "experiment" with a bunch of K values before settling on the right value.
Do these make sense?
Or is there something I am missing?
Thanks in advance guys.
B
How do I wire a tele bridge pickup and a strat middle pickup as if the following is done using a single volume pot, the good old 5 way switch, and the addition of an on/off DPDT mini switch:
- In the new position (second position with the miniswitch on or of whatever), it should sound like the middle pickup is "parallel" with the middle pickup such that it is as if the middle strat pickup has an independent volume control that is mixed just a little bit with the bridge...
The idea came to me from Brent Mason's tele. I wanna get that bridge sound, but without the addition of extra volume pot that he has for his middle pickup. Here you can see more of this:
At exactly 2:42 he talks about this and says that he uses it like an eq instead of a strat kinda tone by washing off some of the annoying high end...
So I want to wire this strat of mine as follows:
- When the mini is on in the mid position, I'll be adding a resistor (say 175-250K) in series with the hot of the middle pickup. When the switch is off, there wouldn't be any resistors in series so it would sound like a standard strat second position. Hook the middle lug of the DPDT switch to the 5 way switch where the middle pickup is supposed to be connected to.
I intend to "experiment" with a bunch of K values before settling on the right value.
Do these make sense?
Or is there something I am missing?
Thanks in advance guys.
B
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