sharkfin Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 (edited) Ok, don't laugh at me now, I know pretty much nothing about electronics, but I was thinking about a way to mix the middle pup of my strat with the bridge & neck - not unlike the S-tastic mod at www.guitarnuts.com. The idea is to use the neck tone pot as a master tone, and the third pot as a blend (?) for the middle pickup, so it can be mixed in at any volume... ...so far so good... ...but here comes the problem: Can the pot be a push-pull pot, pushed down fades the pup in parallel and pulled up fades it in series... Please don't hit me - I'm just uneducated in the ways of wiring! If this were to work, then the 5 way would function: blend pot at '0' (M pup off): 1: N 2: N*B 3: N+B 4: -N*B 5: B -------- blend pot pushed down (normal) at '10' or lower: 1: N+M 2: (N*+M 3: N+B+M 4: (-N*+M 5: B+M -------- blend pot pulled up at '10' or lower: 1: N*M 2: N*B*M 3: (N+*M 4: -N(B*M) 5: B*M -------- Can it be done? Opinions anyone? Edited November 18, 2005 by sharkfin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkfin Posted November 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 I have another question; I've heard that a pup that gets blended in series reaches its top volume very fast, not smoothly fading in as blending it in parallel. Is there a way maybe with caps or resistors to 'spread out' the series vol increase, to match the parallel vol increase? sorry for sounding lika retarded chimp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum_Barrow Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 (edited) As far as I know, that should work. I'm not sure on what you mean with the N8B and such though. Put it into words for me and I'll try and get you a wiring diagram drawn up. EDIT: Oh, and about the addition of caps/resistors, a log pot would work better then a lin pot, but I dunno about adding resistors. Edited November 19, 2005 by Calum_Barrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkfin Posted November 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 1: N : neck alone 2: N+B : neck and bridge parallel 3: N*B : neck and bridge series 4: -N*B : neck and bridge in series out of phase 5: B : bridge alone turning the pot would add M pup to whatever the five way has selected, either in series or parallel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum_Barrow Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 1: N : neck alone 2: N+B : neck and bridge parallel 3: N*B : neck and bridge series 4: -N*B : neck and bridge in series out of phase 5: B : bridge alone turning the pot would add M pup to whatever the five way has selected, either in series or parallel ← You can't do that without some switches. You might be able to do it with a superswitch, but I'm not too good on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkfin Posted November 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 a superswitch I have... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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