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Re: Dial-a-tap with Pearly Gates?
Hey Artie - that's a really cool idea
A linear taper pot would work best there, and there's no reason you couldn't cut the carbon track inside the pot in the middle so that it would be "no load" at 5 on the dial instead of at one end or the other. I wonder if there's a way to get some kind of center detent? Maybe you could use a "blender pot" to get to the same place - they sometimes have a center detent.
However, I tried a coil split by shorting the series connection (red/white) to the hot lead (black) and found that part of the first coil was still in the circuit. At least tapping it generated some sound although not anywhere near as much as the coil that was supposed to be on.
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Hey Artie - that's a really cool idea
A linear taper pot would work best there, and there's no reason you couldn't cut the carbon track inside the pot in the middle so that it would be "no load" at 5 on the dial instead of at one end or the other. I wonder if there's a way to get some kind of center detent? Maybe you could use a "blender pot" to get to the same place - they sometimes have a center detent.
However, I tried a coil split by shorting the series connection (red/white) to the hot lead (black) and found that part of the first coil was still in the circuit. At least tapping it generated some sound although not anywhere near as much as the coil that was supposed to be on.
chip
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