Been delving as deep as I can into creating my own personalized guitar (in the not too distant future).
Basic specs of guitar (skip this for the important bit)
Headstock:
-Gotoh locking tuners (3/side)
Neck:
-24 frets (24.75" scale length)
-jumbo frets
-locking nut (comes with Floyd rose)
-ebony wood
Body/Hardware:
-2 humbuckers 1 single coil (bridge-neck, middle, respectively)
- Floyd rose tremolo bridge
-3 500k logarithmic (1 goes to master)
-3 500k linear
-1 250k logrithmic (single coil)
-1 250k linear
I've been looking high and low for a way to control each pickup separately (volume, tone, and on/off)
Volume and tone was easy.. it's done all the time. The issue was finding a way to decide which pickups are on and off separately. For instance, I can have on/on/on, off/on/on, off/off/on, off/off/off (lol), etc.
The point is versatility. Each pickup will have its own sound different from the others, and I'd like the ability to control that. Note: I'll be using 3 switches to accomplish this. One for each pickup. I've conveniently planned for them to be in an easy to reach position, in line, so I can flick all three at once, if need be. Probably just two, at most, though. Master volume can do for off/off/off.
I can't get the picture to upload (darn iPhone..) so, I will try to explain the wiring clearly.
Each pickup's active wire: from pickup to left side of potentiometer (v), where another potentiometer (T) and a capacater connect. From middle of pot (V) to the middle of a 2-way switch (SPDT). From one side of 2-way switch to left of master volume, where master tone and a capacater connect. From master volume's middle to input's hot.
Assume all pickups are ground to there volume pots,
Tone pots to their volume pots,
All volume pots to master volume (not all 3 on one, but in series),
And master volume to bridge and input jack
Finally, the questions:
1. Does it matter where the other side of the 2-way switch's are grounded to?
2. Assume they are grounded properly, would this circuit succeed in making each pickup individually controlled?
3. Any suggestions?
Thanks for reading
P.s. Anybody know if you can get an iPhone picture on here? Is my internet just slow?
Also, I'll be making a the pickups from scratch, so any tips on that would be awesome!
Neck humbucker: as close as an electric can get to an acoustic sound. For chords. Clean.
Middle: will be slightly closer to bridge pickup than neck. Soft rock sound. Possible to tone down high distortion from here? Reason being ill use my bridge pickup most.
Bridge: think hard, heavy, aggressive power chords with fast, rock n roll/metal sound.
Thanks again for reading
Basic specs of guitar (skip this for the important bit)
Headstock:
-Gotoh locking tuners (3/side)
Neck:
-24 frets (24.75" scale length)
-jumbo frets
-locking nut (comes with Floyd rose)
-ebony wood
Body/Hardware:
-2 humbuckers 1 single coil (bridge-neck, middle, respectively)
- Floyd rose tremolo bridge
-3 500k logarithmic (1 goes to master)
-3 500k linear
-1 250k logrithmic (single coil)
-1 250k linear
I've been looking high and low for a way to control each pickup separately (volume, tone, and on/off)
Volume and tone was easy.. it's done all the time. The issue was finding a way to decide which pickups are on and off separately. For instance, I can have on/on/on, off/on/on, off/off/on, off/off/off (lol), etc.
The point is versatility. Each pickup will have its own sound different from the others, and I'd like the ability to control that. Note: I'll be using 3 switches to accomplish this. One for each pickup. I've conveniently planned for them to be in an easy to reach position, in line, so I can flick all three at once, if need be. Probably just two, at most, though. Master volume can do for off/off/off.
I can't get the picture to upload (darn iPhone..) so, I will try to explain the wiring clearly.
Each pickup's active wire: from pickup to left side of potentiometer (v), where another potentiometer (T) and a capacater connect. From middle of pot (V) to the middle of a 2-way switch (SPDT). From one side of 2-way switch to left of master volume, where master tone and a capacater connect. From master volume's middle to input's hot.
Assume all pickups are ground to there volume pots,
Tone pots to their volume pots,
All volume pots to master volume (not all 3 on one, but in series),
And master volume to bridge and input jack
Finally, the questions:
1. Does it matter where the other side of the 2-way switch's are grounded to?
2. Assume they are grounded properly, would this circuit succeed in making each pickup individually controlled?
3. Any suggestions?
Thanks for reading
P.s. Anybody know if you can get an iPhone picture on here? Is my internet just slow?
Also, I'll be making a the pickups from scratch, so any tips on that would be awesome!
Neck humbucker: as close as an electric can get to an acoustic sound. For chords. Clean.
Middle: will be slightly closer to bridge pickup than neck. Soft rock sound. Possible to tone down high distortion from here? Reason being ill use my bridge pickup most.
Bridge: think hard, heavy, aggressive power chords with fast, rock n roll/metal sound.
Thanks again for reading
