3 way switch on wiring options

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 4:11 am

I was thinking of putting in a three way switch and wiring my guitar so that i can switch between regular wiring, standby and 50s wiring. Would this work and how would i go about doing it cuz Im really sure how to do it. I have an idea, but im not sure.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 4:37 am

I don't think circuits work like you think they do.

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 4:38 am

nothing ever works like I think it does...

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 4:42 am

What exactly is the guitar you're trying to modify? What do you mean by 50's wiring? Regular? By "standby" do you mean no signal?

NEEDS MORE INFO.

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 4:43 am

I just asked my electritition father and he said it should work, hed just have to see it. Couldn't i put the switch from the output of the tone pot and have one wire going to the input of the volume and one to the output?

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 4:44 am

theshadowofseattle wrote:What exactly is the guitar you're trying to modify? What do you mean by 50's wiring? Regular? By "standby" do you mean no signal?

NEEDS MORE INFO.

sorry, its a jaguar modern player. It's stock right now. By fifties i mean tone output to volume output, by standby i do mean no signal and by regular i mean tone output to volume input

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 4:52 am

So all you actually want is a switch to take the volume out of the circuit? Shit dude, that's easily doable.

As for incorporating a third option into the same switch of sending no signal anywhere, I'm not sure. It'd be more practical to have a separate killswitch, I think.

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 4:55 am

No, not put the volume out of the circuit, but to switch the volume and tone from series to parallel, and I just thought the standby had to be there so i didn't get a huge sound when switching.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:03 am

What would the two being in parallel do for you? Seems like it'd just reduce the effectiveness of each control.

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:07 am

Thats a downside of it, but it makes the tone a bit brighter and more in your face if you know what I mean

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:13 am

There's other ways of getting more brightness. Easiest mod would probably to have a tone cap switch.

YuriK · Post by **YuriK** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:15 am

I'll probably do that too, but I heard that this wiring was good so I want to try it out and having a switch would mean I wouldn't have to commit to it.