Gregory Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 (edited) I realized I named this topic wrong, (no tone control) would this work This is my first wiring job and I decided not to have a tone because I never have used them and I've heard they take away from tone and less chances to screw up and I want the guitar to look simple BTW, I should ground it to the bridge right? Edited January 9, 2005 by Gregory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 No reason why it wouldn't from what I can see. Yes, connect to the bridge if you're not using active EMGs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbenjy Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 er do you usually have tone on or off? if you want the tone on full (like i will do when i do my new schematic) then you need to add a fixed resistor where the tone pots would be, otherwise you wil have NO tonal capbilities although i guess the tone pots bOOST tone though so maybe itll be ok like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted January 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 do you usually have tone on or off? if you want the tone on full (like i will do when i do my new schematic) then you need to add a fixed resistor where the tone pots would be, otherwise you wil have NO tonal capbilities biggrin.gif although i guess the tone pots bOOST tone though so maybe itll be ok like that I thought that a tone pot reduced treble with a capacitator so without a pot no tone would be lost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbenjy Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 (edited) ah maybe then u was assuming they worked the same was a the volpot, just increasin resistance to the ground as you turn it up so more goes to the hot lead but i guess im wrong. so if you took out the pot, then it would be like full tone? or tone off? Edited January 9, 2005 by donbenjy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 Feylya's right, just wire it as shown, and ground the bridge (and you might want to shield the cavities, since it appears you're using single coils). You won't lose anything (except the ability to roll off some treble), and it should be somewhat brighter than the same setup with a tone control. Donbenjy. a good rule of thumb to remember is that passive circuits (that's without a battery/power source) can only cut - it takes power to boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbenjy Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 hehe ok cheers i was confused cos i forgot about removing the caps so if there was no resistance to the cap, you would lose tone...duuuh stupid me am i right in saying that if you wanted the exact tone of a 0.22uf cap and a 250k resistor though, you could leave the cap and put a fixed resistor in? that would keep the tone to "max" on the dial but still lowish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 ...if you wanted the exact tone of a 0.22uf cap and a 250k resistor though, you could leave the cap and put a fixed resistor in?... That's it! How much difference it will make depends on your pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted January 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 (edited) I desoldered all of the components from a prewired pickguard I got from ebay But I realized, wait I don't know what to do with the first two tabs on the "bottom side" of the switch if you are looking at it from the side where all the tabs are, because as you'll see if you scroll up to my first schematic, I'm not using the tone controls. My guess is that they go to the ground, but I'd hate to have to go back in there with my questionable soldering skills Thanks in advance Edited January 16, 2005 by Gregory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 Just leave 'em open - you don't need anything else hooked up to the switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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