StratCat93
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Hey Guys.
So I'm refinishing an alder strat body with Reranch nitrocellulose and have been drafting a custom wiring scheme. I've talked to a few tech buddies about it, and gotten tons of differences in opinion (some said it couldn't be done, some said I need active electronics, or a dual gang pot). Could anyone help me figure out a way to make this work passively?
Alongside each single coil, I'd like to route an area in the pickguard that will hold a rocker panel - that will switch between on/off/flip phase (would love opinions on the best order to wire these for, but figured most were off in the center position and on or phase reversed on either side). From there, I'd like to hit two switches. One would toggle the next potentiometer between a master tone and a pickup blend (signal ratio of neck and middle combined vs signal ratio of bridge) and the second would toggle the master tone function between a traditional high roll off found in strats, and a high pass filter. From that potentiometer, I'd simply hit a master volume potentiometer.
The catch with this is, I've been dreaming of a guitar with no rotary encoders. The current configuration in my strat right now is a set of hot noiseless pups w/ a 500k volume and 2x 250k tones with a cap labeled .022k between them... I've really loved that sound and want to try to maintain the integrity of it when I wire this back up.
Can you guys suggest a way to do this with 3 rocker panels (each triggering on/off/phase reverse per pickup), 2 mini push button switches (one triggering the tone pot between high roll off and high pass, the other toggling the pot between tone and the pickup blend) and 2 slide potentiometers? I also have no idea what resistance I might select for them to maintain the integrity of the tone I get from this current set of pots / cap... But I am trying to use a pair that are 60mm + in length and that gets harder to find at resistance values below 500k. Just trying to avoid the rotary potentiometers, active electronics, and a five-way switch. I figure if the old 60's soviet / ussr electrics could do it with sliders, maybe I could wire a guitar up like that. Really appreciate any help I can get.
Thanks!
So I'm refinishing an alder strat body with Reranch nitrocellulose and have been drafting a custom wiring scheme. I've talked to a few tech buddies about it, and gotten tons of differences in opinion (some said it couldn't be done, some said I need active electronics, or a dual gang pot). Could anyone help me figure out a way to make this work passively?
Alongside each single coil, I'd like to route an area in the pickguard that will hold a rocker panel - that will switch between on/off/flip phase (would love opinions on the best order to wire these for, but figured most were off in the center position and on or phase reversed on either side). From there, I'd like to hit two switches. One would toggle the next potentiometer between a master tone and a pickup blend (signal ratio of neck and middle combined vs signal ratio of bridge) and the second would toggle the master tone function between a traditional high roll off found in strats, and a high pass filter. From that potentiometer, I'd simply hit a master volume potentiometer.
The catch with this is, I've been dreaming of a guitar with no rotary encoders. The current configuration in my strat right now is a set of hot noiseless pups w/ a 500k volume and 2x 250k tones with a cap labeled .022k between them... I've really loved that sound and want to try to maintain the integrity of it when I wire this back up.
Can you guys suggest a way to do this with 3 rocker panels (each triggering on/off/phase reverse per pickup), 2 mini push button switches (one triggering the tone pot between high roll off and high pass, the other toggling the pot between tone and the pickup blend) and 2 slide potentiometers? I also have no idea what resistance I might select for them to maintain the integrity of the tone I get from this current set of pots / cap... But I am trying to use a pair that are 60mm + in length and that gets harder to find at resistance values below 500k. Just trying to avoid the rotary potentiometers, active electronics, and a five-way switch. I figure if the old 60's soviet / ussr electrics could do it with sliders, maybe I could wire a guitar up like that. Really appreciate any help I can get.
Thanks!
