Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

[ankalar]

I currently have a Carvin DC200 with active treble and bass controls, but I don't use them. I'm going to replace those two knobs with two other controls. For one of them, I am thinking that I might want to have a mid range boost/cut knob. Does anybody know how I could do this?

I'm going to be putting a push-push killswitch for the the volume knob, and it already has a phase switch and two coil taps. What other options can you guys think of for the second knob that I'm replacing?

 

[B2D]

Re: Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

I don't know much about that type of stuff but i LOVE the mid boost that fender has built into the Clapton Strats. Really makes those noiseless pickups sing.

It boosts mids by 25dB (!) but doesn't cut any. Personally I like to leave it on and then adjust the amp to taste and if i want a mids cut i just turn it down... you could leave it at 5 too and then go up or down from there

 

[rspst14]

Re: Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

If you're comfortable with soldering and electronics, I have a circuit board layout for building your own Clapton mid boost circuit, let me know if you're interested, I can email it to you.

Ryan

 

[ankalar]

Re: Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

I'm not comfortable with soldering and electronics

But if you could send me that layout then that would be very cool of you! I may be able to get someone to do it for me, or maybe I'll learn . Would this be able to be controlled by a pot? My e-mail is ankalar[at]earthlink.net

Also, any suggestions for the other knob?

 

[rspst14]

Re: Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

You could always install a piezo pickup system, assuming you have enough room in the cavity for two circuit boards and two batteries. Pete Townshend has his Clapton Strats set up like that, with both a mid boost circuit and a piezo pickup circuit. I'm not sure if you'd have enough room in the control cavity to do that, but if you do, that's one option. Another is to install a Duncan pickup booster. Since that only uses one knob, you could wire it up with one volume, one tone, one mid boost control, and one pickup booster control. If you decide against the mid boost kit, check out my thread titled "a cool site for modders." I found a link that has some information on installing your favorite stompbox directly in the guitar. You could have one volume, one tone, and two knobs controlling an onboard distortion circuit, delay circuit, phaser, wah, tremolo, etc. This takes some creativity and some wiring knowledge, but it can most certainly be done.

Ryan

 

[rspst14]

Re: Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

I sent you an email with the mid boost information, make sure you read the text file, as you have the option to build it using two smaller circuit boards, or one larger one.

Ryan

 

[Kent S.]

Re: Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

If you're comfortable with soldering and electronics, I have a circuit board layout for building your own Clapton mid boost circuit, let me know if you're interested, I can email it to you.

Ryan

Gee where's you get that from ... :laugh2: :laugh2:

 

[Kent S.]

Re: Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

I'm not comfortable with soldering and electronics

But if you could send me that layout then that would be very cool of you! I may be able to get someone to do it for me, or maybe I'll learn . Would this be able to be controlled by a pot? My e-mail is ankalar[at]earthlink.net

Also, any suggestions for the other knob?

EMG carries a very small active control, just wire it up. Musitech has good one available from stew mac, the musitech has two versions and two a high mid & low mid boost on either, also bartolini has a nice user configureable one as well, can be used as a treble booster, mid booster, over all preamp booster, very cool. Much simpler than building your own, plus have the EC is a buffer anyway.

 

[ankalar]

Re: Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

Bartolini! That was the name I was looking for! Yeah, I saw something about that company a while back and I didn't say anything in this thread in case I was just imagining things before.

It seems like those are on lots of basses, would they still work on guitars? (Sorry if this is a dumb question)

EDIT: I see they have guitar electronics too No need to answer that question. Thanks, Kent! I think I might want to put in (not all at once, unless some sort of money train comes by) a pickup booster and a mids control.

 

[B2D]

Re: Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

If you're comfortable with soldering and electronics, I have a circuit board layout for building your own Clapton mid boost circuit, let me know if you're interested, I can email it to you.

Ryan

I'm VERY comfortable with soldering and electronics... send it to me at GtrAlien@gmail.com :dance:

 

[rspst14]

Re: Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

Gee where's you get that from ... :laugh2: :laugh2:

I should point out that Kent was kind enough to pass along this information to me.

Ryan

 

[Kent S.]

Re: Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

I should point out that Kent was kind enough to pass along this information to me.

Ryan

Sorry, I just couldn't resist a jab ... :laugh2:

 

[Kent S.]

Re: Onboard mids control? Other ideas?

Bartolini! That was the name I was looking for! Yeah, I saw something about that company a while back and I didn't say anything in this thread in case I was just imagining things before.

It seems like those are on lots of basses, would they still work on guitars? (Sorry if this is a dumb question)

EDIT: I see they have guitar electronics too No need to answer that question. Thanks, Kent! I think I might want to put in (not all at once, unless some sort of money train comes by) a pickup booster and a mids control.

The Bartolini is a TC-5 I believe, guitarelectronics.com (not sure of their proper url) carries them.