Paul Marossy Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 OK, so I have a H-S-S Strat which is wired with a master volume control, a tone control for the middle pickup and a tone control for the neck pickup. The bridge pickup has no tone control. Is there is a simple way to modify the pickup switching scheme so that the bridge pickup has a tone control without messing up how the pickups switch? I can't see any way to do this without either going to a master tone contol or adding a tone control - neither of which I want to do. Am I stuck with keeping it as is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 (edited) if you add a on/on dpdt mini switch or push pull pot and play around with cap values you could have a "preset" tone that would give you one setting or you could buy a "Ganged" pot also known as Stacked Concentric Pots that is two pots in one and replace one of the current tone pots hope this gives you some ideas Edited October 13, 2006 by spazzyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted October 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 you could buy a "Ganged" pot also known as Stacked Concentric Pots that is two pots in one and replace one of the current tone pots Yeah, I did have that thought, too. I think I may like that idea the best so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 The Eric Johnson Strat is wired for a bridge tone control. The diagram is here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logical Frank Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 (edited) Guitar nuts has this option: http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/bridgetone.php (might be the same as the EJ mod but I can't get it to load at the minute) I think what I would end up doing is either making a master tone and putting a coil splitter in the hole for the second tone knob or use three of the stacked pots for a tone/volume control that's seperate for each pickup. I just don't really like the standard strat configuration--always feels like they made a mistake wiring it or something. Edited October 13, 2006 by Logical Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted October 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 (edited) The Eric Johnson Strat is wired for a bridge tone control. Thanks, that was helpful. My pickup selector switch is a different style switch than the one in the diagram, but I see what they did. I can't seem to accomplish that with the switch that I have, or at least I haven't figured out how to do that yet. I think what I would end up doing is either making a master tone and putting a coil splitter in the hole for the second tone knob or use three of the stacked pots for a tone/volume control that's seperate for each pickup. More food for thought. Where in the world would you get the concentric pots?! Stewart MacDonald apparently doesn't sell those... I just don't really like the standard strat configuration--always feels like they made a mistake wiring it or something. Yeah, same here. Edited October 13, 2006 by Paul Marossy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 (edited) I know this isn't the only source....4th pot down http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/categor...s.2controlpots/ ill check another source that i get CTS pots cheap from he does not have them listed but not all his stuff is Edited October 13, 2006 by spazzyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted October 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Thanks spazzyone, that's one source. OK, so where do you get knobs for one of these weirdo pots?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logical Frank Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Same place: http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/product/CKM2S I swear I've seen some cheaper concentric pots (and knobs) somewhere but I can't remember where. It's not Guitar Fetish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_the_damned Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 You could just wire it for a master tone control and do away with the second one. Or wire the neck and middle to one tone and the bridge to another (I think that's possible, depends what switch style you have). Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al heeley Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 That's what I did with my ebay partscaster strat. I had the neck and mid using the 1st tone control then the bridge pup using the 2nd tone ctrl. I then added a mini toggle switch to allow me to switch in the bridge pup whenever I wanted wherever the 5-way blade switch was. All 3 together with the mid rprw is a lovely tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted October 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 (edited) I had the neck and mid using the 1st tone control then the bridge pup using the 2nd tone ctrl. I then added a mini toggle switch to allow me to switch in the bridge pup whenever I wanted wherever the 5-way blade switch was. I had a similar though, but I would rather it be automatically switched with the pickup selector switch. All three pickups does sound nice, but on the other hand, the noise adds up... Edited October 14, 2006 by Paul Marossy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doeringer Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 All three pickups does sound nice, but on the other hand, the noise adds up... Three single coils, all on, with the middle rwrp, shouldn't have any more noise than on single coils alone. Or am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted October 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Three single coils, all on, with the middle rwrp, shouldn't have any more noise than on single coils alone. Or am I missing something? It matters if you have a humbucker on the bridge like I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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