Variable Resonant Frequency Control?

[Chistopher]

I have a few questions about this thing a guy made on a different forum. Here's he link:

http://music-electronics-forum.com/t43081/

My main question was about the pickups. This guy bought a set of cheap Chinese rail pickups and put them in parallel. His idea was to have as little inductance and stray capacitance to ground as possible. I was wondering if any of you guys could recommend me a set of (hopefully budget) rail pickups that could fit his requirements. I'd also being willing to trade a David Gilmour loaded pickguard for a custom wound set if one of you pickup winders is up to the challenge.

My second question is if anyone knows how to draw his electrical diagram into a wiring diagram. It would be standard 5 way strat wiring with a master volume and then the variable resonant frequency control.

But please read the forum, I can't explain it nearly as well as those guys.

Edit: I'm not sure whether or not this should be moved to the pickup lounge or not.

 

[Clint 55]

Re: Variable Resonant Frequency Control?

Your volume and tone knobs achieve that effect. Turn down your volume and the amplitude of the entire resonant peak is brought down. Turn your tone down and it shifts the resonant peak, that's expressed out the amp, towards the bass.

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Variable Resonant Frequency Control?

Your volume and tone knobs achieve that effect. Turn down your volume and the amplitude of the entire resonant peak is brought down. Turn your tone down and it shifts the resonant peak, that's expressed out the amp, towards the bass.

That is true, but if you look at the schematic that is being used in the forum I posted a link to, what he is doing is slightly different.

On a standard tone pot, it simply reduces the output of the resonant frequency. Like such:



What the "variable resonant frequency control" does is it shifts the resonant peak from side to side. That's what this does (excuse they dense, bulgy, and pristine, this is for a product with a switch to go between those settings)



Anyway, what the guy in the other forum was attempting to do was make one of these out of common electronic components.

 

[Clint 55]

Re: Variable Resonant Frequency Control?

Cool