Kemp Williams Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Hey yall. Im trying to wire in an spst momentary switch on my guitar, but there are no diagrams showing how to wire one up on a guitar with no pickup selector. I have a epi les paul junior(a piece of crap, but its my baby) and it has one humbucker. it has only one volume and one tone knob and no pickup selector(duh). if anyone can help, i would love you forever. thanx much yall! Kemp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAArthur Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Just wire it across the two lugs on your output jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp Williams Posted July 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 i dont really know much about wiring though, is there a diagram somewhere i can look at? also, do i have to replace the tone knob, or can i just put the switch in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axxion Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 i dont really know much about wiring though, is there a diagram somewhere i can look at? also, do i have to replace the tone knob, or can i just put the switch in there? what kind of switch do you want to use? a push button? toggle? slide? the list is endless. (well almost) i have a thread just like this. its on the front page as "button atop knob?" there's a link to a radioshack button that is similar to bucketheads 'push to kill' soft touch button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp Williams Posted July 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 its the normally "on" spst switch, which is that soft touch one you had a link to. nice thread actually, i just need to know where to solder the wires into the switch. theres probably hardly anything to do, cus its only a one-pickup guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axxion Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 I have the same setup! Finding out where to solder is my next goal too. I assume that there wouldn't be much to do though. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylanwad Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 I did this a while back. If your looking for a buckethead/tom morello type killswitch solder the wire carrying the signal to one post (1) and the shield/earth to the other (2). Then take the wire from the jack socket and do the same again (hot wire to 1 and earth/shield to 2). By using a momentary normaly off (no signal going through unless pressed) it means that your guitar will work as normal until you press the button and it makes contact with earth and cuts the sound. Doing it this way stops you getting hum when the button is pressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axxion Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 I remember reading a thread where someone had the idea of having a knob to control the rate at which the signal was cut to ground.. So having the knob rolled to '0' would give you full signal, and at '10' it would be cutting on/off/on/off like mad. I've used the search far and wide..but to no avail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Pa Ti Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Just wire it across the two lugs on your output jack. this is the best way, just run a wire from the hot side of the output to the ground so when your switch is flicked it shorts out the guitar. I remember reading a thread where someone had the idea of having a knob to control the rate at which the signal was cut to ground.. So having the knob rolled to '0' would give you full signal, and at '10' it would be cutting on/off/on/off like mad. I've used the search far and wide..but to no avail sounds like a tremolo effect to me which would be active electronics and not just a simple switch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAArthur Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 Just wire it across the two lugs on your output jack. this is the best way, just run a wire from the hot side of the output to the ground so when your switch is flicked it shorts out the guitar. I remember reading a thread where someone had the idea of having a knob to control the rate at which the signal was cut to ground.. So having the knob rolled to '0' would give you full signal, and at '10' it would be cutting on/off/on/off like mad. I've used the search far and wide..but to no avail sounds like a tremolo effect to me which would be active electronics and not just a simple switch I think he might have meant to say "depth" and not rate. With a pot wired in series with the switch, you should be able to dial in the depth of volume drop when you push the switch. But if he did mean "rate", that would be something like the old Vox "repeat percussion" effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp Williams Posted July 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 what ive got so far.... theres two prongs on the switch, i apparently should solder the hot siganal wire to one prong, and solder another wire from there to the output jack, and then solder a wire from the other prong to ground. that about right? volume pot (hot signal wire) left prong on switch (another hot wire) hot output jack right prong on switch (wire) ground on output jack my music shop makes normal repairs, but could they do this sort of thing? ive heard of them installing new pickups for people, they could do this stuff, right? thanks for all your help guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted July 19, 2007 Report Share Posted July 19, 2007 Edited: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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