Killswitch.. ENGAGE! (psuedo tutorial)

aen · Post by **aen** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:05 am

EDIT!

Fuck that kind of killswitch, it sucks. It goes BLAAAATTZ when you kill the signal.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:59 am

that reminds me of this video.

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:18 am

I love buckethead's killswitcherey

Post by **Doog** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:10 am

Nice one, dewd! Doesn't it give you a "lead unplugging" noise wired like that though?

euan · Post by **euan** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:07 am

Doog wrote:Nice one, dewd! Doesn't it give you a "lead unplugging" noise wired like that though?

Use a SPDT momentry switch instead

L1 = Hot signal
L2 = Ground
COM = Output

This mimicks the volume pot on your guitar in the extreme settings and won't cause the fun that is the open connection sound.

Post by **Doog** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:12 am

I wired the 3-way toggle killswitch on my Jazzy to direct the signal to ground when in the "kill" positions.

euan · Post by **euan** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:16 am

I'm probably wrong to be honest. I just doodled on a post it note and posted it. Certainly leaving both connections open will cause buzzing.

Post by **Doog** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:18 am

I can't even remember if I did what I said, it was ages ago..

Ah well, whatever works I guess.

euan · Post by **euan** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:39 am

Someone call Mike.

Or PenPen. Where is PenPen?

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:50 pm

I would say taking the kill position to ground is the more correct way to do it.

zoinks · Post by **zoinks** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:18 pm

This is the way i always thought of doing it:

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:43 pm

zoinks wrote:This is the way i always thought of doing it:

...which is just switching to ground...

zoinks · Post by **zoinks** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:53 pm

Mike wrote:
zoinks wrote:This is the way i always thought of doing it:

...which is just switching to ground...

oh im sorry i didnt see your post

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 2:03 pm

No worries, those are all useful places to put the switch and find a ground/hotline connection.

aen · Post by **aen** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:30 pm

Doog wrote:Nice one, dewd! Doesn't it give you a "lead unplugging" noise wired like that though?

I don't know, I don't have any strings or a jack plate ATM.

light rail coyote · Post by **light rail coyote** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:54 am

I got all motivated to put a killa in, so I brought my frankenstang into work today, I work at a guitar shop, and wired one up. It's fun to play with