MasterMinds Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 My guitar input cord has been flipping out lately, and now basically it doesn't even connect to the wires. I know how to fix this. Many months ago I took the TONE and VOLUME knobs on my electric and stuffed them back into the electronics chamber. I did this because my VOLUME knob was so damn close to my strings that my hand hit it all the time, and on most guitars lowering the volume knobs messes up the sound so it fades unevenly. Also, I never use either knobs because I can control these variables on my signal processing system. So all I have is my three pickups and there 5-way selector, running through the knobs which are hidden in my guitar... So, What I would like to know is: is there a feasible way I can run these wires so they go through the pickup selector as I have them, and then just go to the guitar input plug? I know in many cases doing this results in a very shitty sound and buzzing - it has to be a very nice setup, nothing that's crap. If you know it can be done, or have another idea as to what I could do let me know! I can provide, if needed, a schematic of the wirings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyG Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 it should be fairlly easy to do what you want. just open the guitar up. check to see which wire connects from the 5 way switch to the volume pot. chop the volume pot off and then connect the wire straight to the output jack. the buzzing etc could be because the tone controls are chopped off and so there's then no attenuation of stuff picked up by the Pups. you could get around that easilly by just installing a fixed resistor instead of the tone control. just make it the same value as the current potentiometer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Ok guys. Here's the deal. in my guitar I only need the one pickup - it is a seymour duncan stacked humbucker (single coil sized). It sounds awesome acoustic and wonderful for screaming leads in MIDDLE position. Right now I took out the other two pickups - which are a PAF FRED and a PAF PRO i am selling on ebay. So this diagram is simplistic. GOALS - Here's my goals 1. I do not need the selector switch obviously, so I would like to disable it from my loop - how should I connect these wires to do this? 2. I do not use my volumne knob or tone knob ever - as my setup is designed for recording and these are controled via my processor/amp - i need to remove these from the loop PROBLEM: normally when one of these (both? - the tone knob has a capacitor-looking thing on it) are removed, it causes tons of buzzing in the system. What is the cause and how can I fix this? 3. These pickups were installed for me. Any ideas as to why the 3 wires (including the grounding) on the pickup go nowhere? Thanks guys - really need help on removing selector, volumne, and knob - as later on I am adding other things like sustainer Here's the pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 One thing to add is - now that I removed those pickups (and generally messed with wires) i get a buzz that goes away when i contact the pots or the selector - anything metalic in the system. quietness is very important to me - so please let me know capicitor/recepitor ideas that will keep things quiet, thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 (edited) THe ground wire that goes into my spring areas and goes onto the metal plate came off the other end. can someone remind me where the other end attaches to - the volumne knob, the selector etc...?? Also - there is a small thing hanging off the tone pot. I am guessin this is the capicitor/resistor that i need to KEEP in the mix. PS: if one cord goes into the tone pot, but no chords go out of it - how does it affect the ending result PSS: And why does one of my pickup chords go right to the output, whereas the other goes through selector/volume/tone - how does this work? thanks Edited April 1, 2005 by MasterMinds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Connect the pickup directly to the jack, and ground the bridge and the shielding to the jack's ground lug, then remove all the rest of it, and you're good to go! It's literally that simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 I smell a Troll in the forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 (edited) I smell a Troll in the forum... ← If you have a problem with someones post, you should hit the "report" button and speak with an admin. Flaming, name-calling, and doing what you call "trolling" really helps nobody, and it reflects your age very well. Edited April 1, 2005 by MasterMinds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Connect the pickup directly to the jack, and ground the bridge and the shielding to the jack's ground lug, then remove all the rest of it, and you're good to go! It's literally that simple. ← I shall attempt after work today. Thanks for helping and not being an infantile hipster dufus. Appreciate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 If you have a problem with someones post, you should hit the "report" button and speak with an admin. Don't worry, I already have... Flaming, name-calling, and doing what you call "trolling" really helps nobody, and it reflects your age very well. I'm pretty sure I'm probably a little older and a little more experienced than you are. Your problem is the fact that you take up everyone's bandwidth and time with what seem to be posts intended to get people to respond to ridiculous subjects. If that's not forum trolling I don't know what is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 If you have a problem with someones post, you should hit the "report" button and speak with an admin. Don't worry, I already have... Flaming, name-calling, and doing what you call "trolling" really helps nobody, and it reflects your age very well. I'm pretty sure I'm probably a little older and a little more experienced than you are. Your problem is the fact that you take up everyone's bandwidth and time with what seem to be posts intended to get people to respond to ridiculous subjects. If that's not forum trolling I don't know what is. ← That's not forum trolling, and you definietely don't know what trolling is. a wiring diagram and question is hardly ridiculous subjects - and I assure you you're much younger than I am. Your experience, if you have any, doesn't show - unless you meant experience in forum cliches. Don't bother responding, although your ego won't hold you back, your comments are holding zero value ot me now. ...back to the electrical help for those who are here with a positive purpose. I am soldering your examples and will test the buzz tonight, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 (edited) You're right, I couldn't hold back. But since you've tried 5,000 guitars and still haven't found a good one, I guess you must really be older than me to have accomplished such a feat. Edited April 1, 2005 by crafty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 What!!?! I'll wager I'm older than either of you, and this has gotten way past silly! If you must compare personal, uh... scale lengths, how 'bout takin it to PMs or something, and leaving the rest of us to our blissful ignorance. This accomplishes nothing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 LK, the problem I have is that I've seen this guy posting for the last week or so such ridiculous nonsense that's wasting everyone's time. In some posts he plays the part of a newbie who doesn't know anything about guitars, in others he plays the part of an expert sage who knows everything and more than God about how poorly constructed everyone's guitars are. I truly believe that all of this is just one big troll who's trying to get people's reactions to his sometimes ridiculous and sometimes offensive banter. PM's about this aren't successful if no one else in the group sees what's really going on here. Seriously, take another look at his posts on this thread and compare them to his "Lightwave" thread. It's insanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted April 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 lovekraft - your answer contained a small vagueness. You said "just connect the pickup to the output plug". Do you think you could do me a tremendous favor of posting a picture diagram - altering the above one - so I get it right the first time? I wasn't sure if BOTH pickup cables should go to the same tip of the input plug, or the green one should go where it ended up when it passed through the vol/tone controls. I want to be sure I do it right the first time, thanks man appreciate it! What!!?! I'll wager I'm older than either of you, and this has gotten way past silly! If you must compare personal, uh... scale lengths, how 'bout takin it to PMs or something, and leaving the rest of us to our blissful ignorance. This accomplishes nothing! ← Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Alles klar, nicht wahr? Now, can we let this one die? BTW, since you both seem to have issues about your ages (and the "respect" attached thereto), why not edit your profiles to include your dates of birth? That would clear a lot of this up immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 LK, they are both under 30 and you know it. Those of us with limited time left don't worry bout such stuff! Congrats, BTW! If anyone deserves this grief it's you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted April 3, 2005 Report Share Posted April 3, 2005 Gee, ...thanks, doc! Yeah, if I need respect, I can always go terrorize my stepson's kids - they still take me seriously! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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