reantel

I like the red dot inlays.

You should have put red LEDs in your cutout to make it glow red.

Looks good.

wow....that carving looks cool......nice and deep

Very cool! Looks awesome!

I definitely need that floyd drop in model!

You should add a drop D divice.... like the d tuna.

B C or H

I was just wondering how to do this.

Thanks

Well..........it works!

You can really notice the differences of the caps when you roll the main tone pot back a little. I fixed the trimpots so they work, i'll take it down to my studio and give each one a listen and dial in the tone for each cap, i'll try to record some of the different sounds. Thanks psw for your help, thanks everyone for your ideas and contibutions. I intend to do some more experimenting with this. Maybe i'll get a 1pole"X"throw to add some more combos. I want to try blending caps. Let me know if you have an idea you want me to try. Thanks again!

The goal: have five different value caps in the guitar at the same time and be able to switch between them.

The trimpots are optional and certainly dont have to be used. the only reason for them is to help dial in a preset tone of the cap so you dont have to with the main tone pot.

Here is a blank tmplate of the 5 pos. 4 pole rotary switch i have. I got it at

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/S...ary_Switch.html

Here is how I wired the guitar minus the pickup, but it is a normal humbucker, no coilspliting hooked up.

I only used the outer switch deck.

Ok. Just a quick update.....i got it all put together and wired how i thought it would work, but it doesn't work. its like the tone pot isn't there, (no tonal change) it doesn't do anything. so im pretty sure that the switch is hooked up in a way that it does absolutly nothing. if anyone has any experience or good recources in rotary switches I would EXTREMELY appreciate any guidence and help.

Thanks.

Man, Looks great, I want to make one. I love Old Charvels and I love Paul Gilbert! but he wont come anywhere near Seattle!!!!

look here

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...te=%2Bnut+files

Wow. That looks really good. I would have thought it was cut out my machine. Good job.

I'm more concerned with the values of the caps. I didn't go too extreme, I kind of just stuck with the normal range of tone caps...

-Ceramic Disc .001 MFD

-Ceramic Disc. 022 MFD

-Orange Drop .033 MFD

-Monolithic .1 MFD

-Poly Film .47 MFD

and some low resistance trimpots to dial in the tone of each one.

OK, speaking only about values here, there's not a lot of point in having different cap values. The formula for what a tone control (which is really a low pass filter) does is

F = 1/(2*pi*R*C)

If you double the cap size, that's EXACTLY the same as halving the resistance. So just use one cap, and multiple resistors (or trimpots at different settings) and you'll hear exactly the same thing (and save the cost of all the other caps). If you are using a trimpot as well as a normal tone control, the R in that equation is the total resistance.

You make a good point. But i already got my caps. If this experiment becomes guitar worthy i will find a better, cheaper way of doing it.

I just got my caps and a 5 way 4 pole rotary switch and i am begining to think i should have gotten a different switch. In my head i picture using the switch to choose between 5 different caps but still have a master tone pot.

Configuration on a LP:

I need help wiring the switch.......it is very intimidating.

I got this switch.

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/S...ary_Switch.html

Should i get a different one?

Thanks. I'll check out those sites.

I got the Grizzly G0555: http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0555

I think I'll be getting the 6" extender block soon to raise my cutting capacity. Then i will buy a new blade.

Yeah, I was wondering about the blades. Where are some good places to buy good blades. and what are some good sizes. right now i just have the stock 3/8th raker blade. What kind of blade should i be using.

I just want to say this guitar looks AMAZING. I love the design and the zebrawood is an awesome choice. I cant wait to see more!

I was just reading a topic someone started about using a blend pot instead of a 3 way switch to blend/switch between his pickups. And that got me wondering how a blend pot would work with blending/switching with two tone caps. I'll have to try that one too once i get my capacitors in the mail.

I'm more concerned with the values of the caps. I didn't go too extreme, I kind of just stuck with the normal range of tone caps...

-Ceramic Disc .001 MFD

-Ceramic Disc. 022 MFD

-Orange Drop .033 MFD

-Monolithic .1 MFD

-Poly Film .47 MFD

and some low resistance trimpots to dial in the tone of each one.

I dont know a whole lot about tone caps so i am kind of interested to see what happens.

If the results turn out interesting I might get some crazy value caps just to see the differents, most likely a darker undesirable sound.

But we shall see.

I did some looking around after looking at that stellartone site and saw some guitars with two different caps hooked up to a switch. I'll hopfull will have five different caps hooked up to a switch.

I kind of want to try wiring each cap to their own ON/OFF switch and combine them in different combinations.....would that explode or something?

Ok...I got my bandsaw and finally cut the body and the quilted maple top out.

-Bandsaw

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/reantel/DSCN1628.jpg

-Quilt Top rough cut

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/reantel/DSCN1605.jpg

-Alder Body rough cut

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/reantel/DSCN1560.jpg

I also got:

-Ebony stewmac acoustic bridge

-Bone 20" radius Saddle

-Black Nut

-Truss Rod

-Red Stain - i'm currently trying to figure out how to get the deepest red i can with some test pieces

-Black String ferrels for the back of the guitar

-A bunch of little mother of pearl 4mm inlays

-Two flush mount jacks

-And I bought a single coil template for my neck pickup...if there is any room left from the 28 frets

-And i ripped the preamp and piezo out of a free yamaha i got

I'm still waiting on the ebony fretboard

I'll be working on cutting the neck and gluing the laminates together.

-Alex

I used the same bandsaw in wood shop at my school to cut out my first guitar body...first time using a bandsaw...then two months later, i now have the same one sitting in my garage. I finally got a chance to cut out a guitar body and its really smooth and quiet. I havent used any other brand. Are they all so quiet?

http://www.stellartone.com/Index.asp

Wow. 16 different tones. My eperiment isnt that expensive.....but, there isn't 16 different tones. good find. i've never seen that before.

I ordered a few different caps and a few trim pots and a 5 position 4 pole rotary switch. i dont know if that switch will do what i want. i have no experience with rotary switches.........probably wasnt my best choice......but, i'll see what happens when i get all the parts in the mail.

I was thinking about a similar idea, but with preset trimpots combined with the caps on a multiswitch. Being able to switch the cap(s) completely out of the circuit would allow a brighter over all sound.

Yeah... trimpots would be good to adjust each capacitor's tone to how you like it. Then when you switch to a cap, it would be at a good sounding preset tone instead of adjusting the tone with your tone potentiometer for each cap when you switch to it.

I've never tried this but, can you have different caps wired at the same time? does it change the sound..... possitively? Because then you can have just a bunch of on/off buttons or switches and combine tone caps. But I dont really know all that much about using capacitors for tonal use. I'll take a look at the electronic section of my Melvyn book.

I was just thinking today about all the different tone capacitors out there and I had an idea for hooking different ones up to a switching system…2, 3 or 5 way switch, switching between different capacitor tones.

Does anyone know if this has been done? Better yet, is this even possible, logical, or legal?

Has anyone tried it? How would you wire this?

I got the Grizzly G0555: http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0555

its pretty cool. i havent hadmuch time to play with it but I think it will do the job.

thanks for your opinions