woodsman1031 Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Hello, I have a project with 1 single pickup and I want a tone pot only on it. Could someone please direct me to a super easy schematic/drawing of this type of setup. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Please clarify - do you wany a volume pot, as per the thread title, or a tone pot, as per your message? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman1031 Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Please clarify - do you wany a volume pot, as per the thread title, or a tone pot, as per your message? OOPS! I want a tone pot. Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Wire your pickup directly to the jack, and ground the bridge to the jack's ground lead. Then wire up a tone pot like this: Connect the wire marked To Volume to the hot lead of the jack, and the ground to the jack's ground lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman1031 Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 Wire your pickup directly to the jack, and ground the bridge to the jack's ground lead. Then wire up a tone pot like this: Connect the wire marked To Volume to the hot lead of the jack, and the ground to the jack's ground lead. The bridge on this one is made of corian {guess I should have mentioned that} what ohm capacitor should I use inline to the pot case? Thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 The bridge on this one is made of corian {guess I should have mentioned that} what ohm capacitor should I use inline to the pot case? Oh god, now who's going to pay for the keyboard after I just spewed Vernor's all over it? I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at the Corian bridge. It just complicates things a little being that you usually need to ground the strings. You're going to have to figure out a way to ground the electronics to the strings, highly shield the electronics cavity, or go for an all-active setup. How exactly do you have the strings mounted on the guitar? Also, the cap you're looking for is a .047 microfarad for a humbucker, or .022 mf for a single coil. Caps are farads, resistors, pots, and speakers are ohms. You'll use a 500k ohm pot for a humbucker, or 250k for a single coil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman1031 Posted January 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 The bridge on this one is made of corian {guess I should have mentioned that} what ohm capacitor should I use inline to the pot case? Oh god, now who's going to pay for the keyboard after I just spewed Vernor's all over it? I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing at the Corian bridge. It just complicates things a little being that you usually need to ground the strings. You're going to have to figure out a way to ground the electronics to the strings, highly shield the electronics cavity, or go for an all-active setup. How exactly do you have the strings mounted on the guitar? Also, the cap you're looking for is a .047 microfarad for a humbucker, or .022 mf for a single coil. Caps are farads, resistors, pots, and speakers are ohms. You'll use a 500k ohm pot for a humbucker, or 250k for a single coil. I have the strings running through ferrules in the body. I only have 500k pots what happens if I use it with the single pickup? Any suggestions for grounding the strings Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted January 15, 2006 Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Try a .047uF, or even a .1uF with your 500K - caps are cheap, experiment until you find one that suits you. As for that corian bridge, I guess you could ground the string ferrules if you don't have a metallic tailpiece of any kind. Just out of curiosity, how are you going to set the intonation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsman1031 Posted January 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2006 Try a .047uF, or even a .1uF with your 500K - caps are cheap, experiment until you find one that suits you. As for that corian bridge, I guess you could ground the string ferrules if you don't have a metallic tailpiece of any kind. Just out of curiosity, how are you going to set the intonation? I have had this guitar strung and set up for about a week. I disassembled it this morning to finish it with danish oil, my pots came into today so I decided to wire in the tone while I had it apart.I had the pickup wired direct waiting for some pots to come in the mail. I made the saddle from a 1/4" thick piece of corian. I simply filed it to the 12" radius of my board and set up the action which required a bit more filing. After I had the action just about where I wanted it I began to tune and set intonation. The saddle is not yet anchored to the body so I moved the whole saddle to set intonation on the low e. I then guestimated the angle to "rough" set intonation on the other strings, I went through and checked and all were so close it was scary! I then cut string grooves in the saddle and with a needle file I "tweaked" the intonation. I then marked the body where the saddle was at, and "tweaked" the action. This whole process took less than an hour. I made this guitar with old parts/lumber laying around my shop. It really has been alot of fun improvising parts and trying ideas I always think of but never try. If I am able I will post some pics of it in a few days when the oil dries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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