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ok. it seems so simple but something just isnt right. can someone just show me how to do this so i can get it out of the way? 2 humbuckers, each with individual on/off switches, coiltap (outer coil (on volume push/pull)), individual volume, master tone. i know it should be simple, but for the life of me i cant work out what im doing wrong. the pickups are kent armstrong by the way, for wire colour info. please someone help, its driving me a little mad NO WAIT!!! forget that, iv done it now. but i still need a little help. i'm going to have a stereo jack, for magnetic and piezo, but i'll also have 2 batteries (for different things). can the 2 batteries and the piezo all go on the same lug or does it not matter where the batteries go on the jack?

i know. i guess im just gonna have to sell a lot of stuff

so im probably just dreaming then huh.

Does anyone know of a way to put a stab and comp control into a fuzz face to give the type of control used by matt bellamy with his fuzz factory? or am i just kidding myself?

ok thanks. i think iv got it now

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh now i see. thanks for that. another question tho - i will already have a stereo jack as i have a piezo bridge - so will i just take the piezo straight to the jack and ignore the effect circuit? and while im being a bit of a pain - how do i go about wiring a piezo/magnetic/both switch? and would this have to come before or after the effect? ie: guitar output - piezo/mag/both - effect - output or guitar output - effect - piezo/mag/both?

so the output of the guitar goes to the input of the effect (which has an on/off switch) then the output of the effect goes to the jack? or am i missing something?

well im going to put two on top and have the other three on the inside of the lower horn (flying v) if you see what i mean. the main queary i have is what to do with the input/outputs. would the output of the guitar go to the input of the effect and the output of the effect to the jack, or would everything have to go through the effects on/off switch?

thats me told then! so what about this then? parallel universe how easy/hard would this be to put onboard? would i have to make any modifications to it? my guitar will already have a stereo jack because it has piezo pickups. any help?

Does anyone have a link to the schematics for the fuzz factory? i really cant afford to just buy one so thought id try and make one of my own. any help would be appreciated - especially if you include how to wire it into a guitar

ah. thanks for that

just one question - on a stereo jack which is the tip and which is the ring? i know im a bit thinck with this stuff but i just dont know

damn you psw for being so damn smart and building this thing! if i knew what the hell you gyus were talking about half the time and if i had any idea how id definately make one. i havent read all 79 pages, iv skipped and jumped through bits of it, but from what i have read of it, i think people would be climbing over their dead grandmother to get hold of one! leds or no leds, internal or external controls, either way, any combination, people will want it. it will make for a very versatile instrument that could encourage new playing styles and more originality - and god knows thats jus what the music scene needs. if/when you do bring it out commercialy, i think you should let everyone whos contributed to this forum have one at cost price hehe seriously though, what a fantastic amazing thing you've done

ok, so im going to build a preamp/buffer for my piezo as described in the mintbox thread (im assuming this is a preamp/buffer and not just a buffer. if not how do i make a preamp!?). what i need help with is how to go about wiring the rest of the guitar to suit. i know the piezo must got to the preamp first before any switches, but other than that im pretty clueless. if anyone could help me with a wiring diagram for the following that would be great. i want to have my 2 humbuckers going to a 3 way toggle switch, a kill switch (on/off/on), a coil tap each(voicing outer coils) with a volume pot (250 or 500? or what?) each and a master tone. then the piezo - preamp -with an on/off switch, a switch selecting piezo/magnetic/both and volume (25k?) all going to a stereo jack socket. does this all seem ok? any suggestions on better configurations is good too. if you cant put a wiring diagram onto here then email me with it at anthonyfrudd@hotmail.com. please someone help a poor little lost boy

thanks a lot guys. i'll have a go and see what happens

hmmm, i'll have to ponder. if i got hold of a preamp circuit board (which i very well may be able to), how would i wire that into my existing circuit? it's probably going to be a circuit board from a preamp pedal. i'll explain whats in the guitar in case its relevant. aside from the piezo - on/off - volume - master tone, there are 2 humbuckers, each with their own on/off switch, phase reverse, series/parallel, hb/single coil, coil selection. each has an individual volume and they go to the master tone. now you see why theres not so much room. i may simplify it one day but its not as complicated to use as it sounds.

when i bought a tunamatic bridge for a guitar i was building, i was mistakenly sold a piezo bridge (schaller gtm-p) rather than a normal one (which is a bonus and saved me a lot of money) but the trouble was i didnt know what to do with it. so i just took the small jack socket off and wired it to an on/off switch, volume pot and the master tone. it works fine as a third pickup and gives a kind of thin tele sound. but now i want the acoustic emulation. what i was wondering was is there any way to get this without a preamp? or am i just being stupid? the only thing is, if i was to have a preamp i would prefer it to be internal, but theres not much room left in the guitar for this unless i go over to the bass side (which is not very practical as its a flying v). theres just about enough room for a battery, but thats about it. which is why i was wondering if i could do without a preamp and just add a battery somewhere in the circuit. any help will be gratefully appreciated