Problem with p-rails & triple shot.
I have wired my Ibanez HH with your pickups and triple shots. But am experiencing difficulties with the outcome.
The guitar has 2V&2T pots like an SG. My idea is to use a Tele 4-way selector switch to add a parallel pickup choice. Execution was simple. The controls and 4-way position in the circuit were simply reversed so that “controls output enters the 4-way & the switch output goes to the jack”. The neck’s triple shot ground & return were separated at the neck’s volume pot. I used RG-178 to shield the signal paths and have tacked it together to be permanently wired after debugging. The 4-way is wired.. bridge, both series, both parallel, neck in a conventional manner.
But, both volume controls will affect the guitar’s output when a single pickup is selected.
This is the issue, there is no physical connection before the switch. In fact the neck’s return is opened by the switch in the bridge position. Bad switch? Coupling in a totally shielded signal path? WTF
in my mind this circuit should work even though the controls and switch positions are reversed.
may I have your thoughts?
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I have wired my Ibanez HH with your pickups and triple shots. But am experiencing difficulties with the outcome.
The guitar has 2V&2T pots like an SG. My idea is to use a Tele 4-way selector switch to add a parallel pickup choice. Execution was simple. The controls and 4-way position in the circuit were simply reversed so that “controls output enters the 4-way & the switch output goes to the jack”. The neck’s triple shot ground & return were separated at the neck’s volume pot. I used RG-178 to shield the signal paths and have tacked it together to be permanently wired after debugging. The 4-way is wired.. bridge, both series, both parallel, neck in a conventional manner.
But, both volume controls will affect the guitar’s output when a single pickup is selected.
This is the issue, there is no physical connection before the switch. In fact the neck’s return is opened by the switch in the bridge position. Bad switch? Coupling in a totally shielded signal path? WTF
in my mind this circuit should work even though the controls and switch positions are reversed.
may I have your thoughts?
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