santana wiring question

[andrew96]

i had an idea to wire a guitar i designed but realized it had been done by Santana 2 pickups 1 volume for treble i volume for rhythm master tone 3 way switch 6 way varitone i found a diagram but for some reason it requires a cap on the volume i also wanted one to be p90 other to be humbucker with the volume used as coil split any way what would happen if i didn't use a cap on the volumes i'll try posting the diagram

 

[andrew96]

Re: santana wiring question

i was thinking something like this but with a varitone and coil split http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=2h_2v_1t_3w

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: santana wiring question

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This diagram is not what you stated you are trying to do. You wanted a volume for each pickup. This diagram has one master volume. The other 'volume', also operating as a master control on the whole guitar, is a 'variable treble bleed' as it is labeled, and which is what the cap is doing.

Also, that varitone is not a real varitone. The one in the diagram is just changing the corner frequency of the tone control. A real varitone has an inductor and filters to a particular peak frequency.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: santana wiring question

Well, it's like saying Styrofoam. Styrofoam is a registered, copyrighted brand-name, like Varitone, yet if you show up with a foam cup with a Solo logo on it, you hear "Styrofoam".

By the same token, any rotary switch (or any type of switch) that has tonal-adjusting filters (caps, resistors, inductors, etc) will be referred to as a variable-tone circuit, or varitone for short.