Re: killswitch 4 gtr...

[bill bigrig <billbigrig@yahoo.com>]

Howdy,

 If you want a "kill"  sitch, just wire it up between hotand ground of the 
ouput. A toggle will allow you  to kill and leave it that way. anormally 
closed pushbutton will allow stuttering type affects, and, ultimately, a 
single pole double throw center off will allow both if  you get one 
labeled  on-off-(on). These are available from  Mouser electronics for 
about $.50. I have a box full of the miniature ones. You may also want to 
consider DPDT switches for your pickups,(at least one), for phase 
reversalof pickups. ore tone possibilities.
Rig


--- On Sun, 4/19/09, scott hansen <evanpeewee@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: scott hansen <evanpeewee@yahoo.com>
> Subject: killswitch 4 gtr...
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 6:24 PM
> per-
> i am not a wiring wizard by any means
> but love the sounds that buckethead & t. morello
> do....
>  
> & yes, i was thinking along the lines of DT's
> modded koll guitar, and also the teuffel tesla has the same
> thing-i'm not sure what type of switch the tesla uses
> (it looks DELUXE!), i've seen it briefly in action on
> the henry kaiser dvd from '04 -i think he is using the
> microphone for feedback, and i think the 3rd switch
> disconnects the ground to give the 60 cycle hum (which i
> have on one of my guitars)
>  
> on my last 2 guitars i have been wiring the guitar
> pu's w/ on-off switches, i like them better than 3-way
> or 5-way toggles for pu selecting (i usually just have 2 pus
> and a mic for feedback inbetween-i'm not a big fan of
> the middle strat pu sound) & i find that wiring scheme
> easy for me (again i'm no wizard). i just use standard
> toggles that you can get at radio shack (electronics store
> in US). radioshack also sells a momentary red button
> that's an on-off switch-i think buckethead uses
> something like this on his Les Paul-the problem-it was the
> 1st switch i tried, and it didn't work on my guitar, i
> may have had a bad switch i don't know, but i'm not
> a big fan of that type, i prefer just using a toggle (which
> is what t morello uses), but buckethead's does allow for
> more "drumming-style tapping on & off sounds".
> i've seen the switch selling on ebay for like 10$, under
> "buckethead like toggle"-which is a joke, b/c
> it's like 2$ switch from radio
>  shack.
>  
> ALSO-check out the seymour duncan website-he has a
> wiring scheme as to how to put a killswitch in a guitar,
> basically you just mod the hot line from volume that goes to
> the output jack i believe, he has it laid out pretty nicely
> & can probably use whatever switch you feel comfortable
> w/...
> GOOD LUCK! it is a fun mod to have & play w/
> although i think b-head and t-morello do it way better than
> i've been able to come up w/
> s---
> 
> 
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