MasterMinds Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 I need an electrical diagram for installing a fernandes sustainer in a system with just one bridge pickup, and NO volume or tone controls. By removing these from the provided diagram I still cannot figure it out. I'm willing to paypal 30 bucks at least, for a diagram you can post online or email to me. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 which model do you have? and yes it can be done but $30 id be happy with a penut butter cookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted October 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 i have the 401 - the one that doesn't come with a regular pickup, and the driver that does not act as a pickup, and it has two switches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 What brand of bridge pickup and or what color are the wires from the pickup and are you sure no volume pot? what about a kill switch? your going to want some way to kill the volume going to your amp at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psw Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 Post the diagram you do have, and we should be able to knock out the bits you don't need... Really shouldn't be that hard, in many ways it can work better...espescially the single pickup aspect (saves the bypassing stuff which may be where you are being confused) pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted October 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 In this file http://fernandesguitars.com/manuals/FSK101.pdf It is the diagram on page 3 that says "3 way pickup switch" Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted October 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 What brand of bridge pickup and or what color are the wires from the pickup and are you sure no volume pot? what about a kill switch? your going to want some way to kill the volume going to your amp at some point. kill the volume going to my amp? my guitar runs through various fx and then the amp - i control volume on other equipment, never on my guitar. the bridge pickup is a dmmarzio hmbucker - believe it's a PAF pro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 (edited) as far as omiting the pots thats as easy as this on the diagram do this the white/black wire's coming from the three way switch strait to the white/black wire's on the output jack you are just eliminating the pots do you have the vh-401 bridge pickup? Edited October 4, 2006 by spazzyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted October 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 as far as omiting the pots thats as easy as this on the diagram do this the white/black wire's coming from the three way switch strait to the white/black wire's on the output jack you are just eliminating the pots do you have the vh-401 bridge pickup? spazzy - i have the 101 setup, my own bride pickup (dimarzio) not the 401, i was wrong. diagram above is the right one, and is a 101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 (edited) ok do the same thing to remove the pots on the diagram do this the white/black wire's coming from the three way switch strait to the white/black wire's on the output jack from your dimarzio solder its white and black wires together.heatshrink or tape over the connection green will go to the W+ wire / red will goto B- as per diagram bridge connection circled B on diagram as far as the jack it shows you can use a standard jack i would illistrate this but i cant seem to open it in photoshop (not sure why) as i could before Edited October 4, 2006 by spazzyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted October 4, 2006 Report Share Posted October 4, 2006 (edited) did you get the PM Edited October 4, 2006 by spazzyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted December 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Spazzy - I'd like your assistance once again! (or anyone else) For the three-pickup selector diagram here: http://fernandesguitars.com/manuals/FSK101.pdf My setup has: NO volume NO tone NO pickup selector (it just has a bridge pickup) The answers you provided help partially, but include a 3-way selector, which I do not have. So can you simplify the diagram for me? Thanks a million man - fernandes has been no help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 (edited) The board bypasses the switch when the Sustainer is turned on. Hook up the output to the output jack and you're done. Edited January 2, 2007 by crafty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterMinds Posted January 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2007 The board bypasses the switch when the Sustainer is turned on. Hook up the output to the output jack and you're done. crafty - what "output" are you refering to hooking up to the jack? the lines run out of the circuit to the switch. then the lines run back from the switch to the jack. so which two of the 3 or 4 outputs that run to the switch should actually be running to the jack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted January 18, 2007 Report Share Posted January 18, 2007 Hook up the bridge pickup directly to the output. Hook up the driver to the board and the battery to the output jack to complete the circuit. There's no need to mess with the switching system if you're not going to use the driver as a pickup. When you turn the system on it should turn on the driver provided you hooked up the power correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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