What would you do?

DirtySteve said:
I could have sworn I had another guitar that was wired to have the tone control only on the neck pickup.
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It's not too uncommon to have a tone control connected to just one pickup. In middle position, it still works on both.

Quite a few Tele players disconnect the neck pickup from the tone control. That way you can tame the bridge highs a bit, but you don't need to reach for the tone knob every time you switch to the neck.
 
This is why I was thinking I need another volume for the neck pickup.

This is a guitar I built several years ago and ended up selling it. I've been looking back for my old post on MF and found a pic. Now I sort of remember how it was wired. It had 2 mini switches. One was a direct to jack switch on the bridge pickup, 2 volumes and 1 tone only on the neck pickup, no selector switch. I can't remember what the second mini switch was for. There was 2 hot leads to the jack going to each volume pot separately so basically the same thing as a pickup selector switch in the middle position.

It sounded killer with the bridge direct to jack and the neck pickup on with the tone rolled all the way down and now I'm chasing that tone again. Maybe all I need to do it add a direct to jack switch on the bridge pickup to acheve the same thing..?

This was the guitar...

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DirtySteve said:
This is why I was thinking I need another volume for the neck pickup.

This is a guitar I built several years ago and ended up selling it. I've been looking back for my old post on MF and found a pic. Now I sort of remember how it was wired. It had 2 mini switches. One was a direct to jack switch on the bridge pickup, 2 volumes and 1 tone only on the neck pickup, no selector switch. I can't remember what the second mini switch was for. There was 2 hot leads to the jack going to each volume pot separately so basically the same thing as a pickup selector switch in the middle position.

It sounded killer with the bridge direct to jack and the neck pickup on with the tone rolled all the way down and now I'm chasing that tone again. Maybe all I need to do it add a direct to jack switch on the bridge pickup to acheve the same thing..?

This was the guitar...

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Good looking instrument.
 
eSGEe said:
Frankly Mr. Dirty -- I think what you need to do-- is get the wood some proper nourishment--- the entire guitar looks so "dry" in the pics----

It needs to come to eSGEes Half Way House for dry gutiars.........

here we will slather it in humidity --- slowly--- lavishly -- and allow it to achieve a proper density -----

then -- it can resonate and create beautiful tones beyond your present aural imagination............


sorry I was bored

nice axe dude ----
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You forgot to include the complimentary "Junk Rub" for that deep down luster. :pound-hand: :rolf::pound-hand:
 
DirtySteve said:
If anyone wants to know, my mini knobs came today and they are about half the size of the standard size knobs and they do fit the CTS shafts.

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Bummer, they don’t have any chrome ones in stock. I’ll have to check back later.

And , FYI, the larger size ones are $3.50 cheaper than www.allparts.com for the gold ones.
 
eclecticsynergy said:
If you want a tone control that works on only the neck pickup when both pickups are selected, you need active circuitry.

AFAIK there's no way to do that with passive wiring because when both pickups are engaged at the switch, any tone control is going to roll off highs from both pickups. Seems like you'd need an individual buffer for each pickup and then a summing amp.

FWIW, I know a bass player who tried that and he said it wasn't really much of a difference.

BTW, Bartolini makes a dual mini pot with very small knobs, good for tight places. I got one a couple of years ago.
Model # is DC500KA; also made in a 250K version.

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The pot is made by Bourns, not Bartolini. ( I assembled them)
Bartolini is a company that steals employee wages. Including but not limited to, my wages.
The pot comes in 250K, 500K and 1 meg.
I recommend you buy this pot from another vendor. Not Bartolini.

Bartolini was bought up from the original owners / founders and is not the orginal Bartolini you remember.
Only the name remains, not the ethics.
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
The pot is made by Bourns, not Bartolini. ( I assembled them)
Bartolini is a company that steals employee wages. Including but not limited to, my wages.
The pot comes in 250K, 500K and 1 meg.
I recommend you buy this pot from another vendor. Not Bartolini.

Bartolini was bought up from the original owners / founders and is not the orginal Bartolini you remember.
Only the name remains, not the ethics.
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Thanks, didn't know that. I still have an old Hi-A pickup in one of my basses. Great sounding pickup; it's been in there since around '76.
 
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