psychepool
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Hi.
I asked this question here a while ago.
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/for...599-is-there-a-4pdt-push-pull-pot-for-guitars
I ended up not finding an alternative and ended up drilling holes in the guitar body to mount a 4PDT toggle switch.
But I recently refinished the body of this guitar.
During the refinishing process, I blocked and drilled some holes to achieve the desired specifications.
I will be assembling it soon, and since I plan to use the EMG89/81TW, I need a 4PDT (or two DPDT) switch to split the coils of the two pickups.
This guitar is a single volume guitar, and for a minimal look, I would like to use a push-pull pot instead of a toggle switch if possible.
However, I couldn't find a product with the 4PDT 25K specification.
I'm considering two ideas. Please let me know if they are feasible and if there are any problems.
1. Replace the resistive strip of the Fender S-1 switch with a CTS 25K pot
- If it can be done cleanly, I think it would be the most ideal alternative, but I'm worried about whether it will be easy and whether it will work stably after the work. Of course, if it fails, it will be a huge waste of money.
2. Switch through 25K push-pull pot and 2 x DPDT relays.
- In theory, it doesn't seem too difficult and should work well. However, I'm concerned about noise and tone loss caused by the relay.
That's all.
Because of the difficulty and cost of idea 1, I'm thinking of going with idea 2,
but I'm worried about tone loss if I use a relay.
If anyone has tried coil splitting with a relay, please give me your opinion,
and if there are any other alternatives, please let me know.
Actually, the easiest and most obvious way would be to install two toggle switches or tone pots to switch them individually with two push-pull pots, but I'm taking the difficult path because of my strange taste.
The instrument I'm going to work on is a Jim Root Telecaster, and this is what I'm planning to see when it's finished.
If I use two push-pull pots or toggle switches, it'll look like this, but I don't like this feeling, so I'm looking for a difficult way.
Please let me know if you see any expected problems when using the relay, and if there is a better way.
I asked this question here a while ago.
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/for...599-is-there-a-4pdt-push-pull-pot-for-guitars
I ended up not finding an alternative and ended up drilling holes in the guitar body to mount a 4PDT toggle switch.
But I recently refinished the body of this guitar.
During the refinishing process, I blocked and drilled some holes to achieve the desired specifications.
I will be assembling it soon, and since I plan to use the EMG89/81TW, I need a 4PDT (or two DPDT) switch to split the coils of the two pickups.
This guitar is a single volume guitar, and for a minimal look, I would like to use a push-pull pot instead of a toggle switch if possible.
However, I couldn't find a product with the 4PDT 25K specification.
I'm considering two ideas. Please let me know if they are feasible and if there are any problems.
1. Replace the resistive strip of the Fender S-1 switch with a CTS 25K pot
- If it can be done cleanly, I think it would be the most ideal alternative, but I'm worried about whether it will be easy and whether it will work stably after the work. Of course, if it fails, it will be a huge waste of money.
2. Switch through 25K push-pull pot and 2 x DPDT relays.
- In theory, it doesn't seem too difficult and should work well. However, I'm concerned about noise and tone loss caused by the relay.
That's all.
Because of the difficulty and cost of idea 1, I'm thinking of going with idea 2,
but I'm worried about tone loss if I use a relay.
If anyone has tried coil splitting with a relay, please give me your opinion,
and if there are any other alternatives, please let me know.
Actually, the easiest and most obvious way would be to install two toggle switches or tone pots to switch them individually with two push-pull pots, but I'm taking the difficult path because of my strange taste.
The instrument I'm going to work on is a Jim Root Telecaster, and this is what I'm planning to see when it's finished.
If I use two push-pull pots or toggle switches, it'll look like this, but I don't like this feeling, so I'm looking for a difficult way.
Please let me know if you see any expected problems when using the relay, and if there is a better way.
