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Once again, I'm not suggesting a schematic *replace* one or more wiring diagrams, but I would expect to see one *in addition* to the wiring-by-numbers guides.
An analogy: I wouldn't expect to see the schematic of an amplifier in the user manual, but I'd expect there to be a service manual available containing the schematic.
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Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
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In general I just don't trust that the different modes on products like this will be as good as the originals. Plus when it's that complicated to set up I don't really want to try it either to find out.
I'm not asking if you could do this from scratch, I'm asking if you could receive a harness like this and wire the pickups in.
They're absolutely as good as the originals. I've shot a video to demonstrate that I'm working through editing at the minute.
In theory I'd really like to have pickups like this if they were as good as the originals, but I think they'd have to be on a studio guitar.
I always remember when I took a selection of switches and push pulls to my guitar tech and asked him if he could make me a really versatile set up with loads of different switching options. He said he could, but asked how I planned on using it live, because the likelihood is that I'd either forget what the options were or it would be difficult to get to them in time.
A week of playing with a guitar with a few switches is all it takes to use them instinctively. There's just as much chance of forgetting a simple chord sequence as forgetting what a switch and a couple of push/pulls do.
Plus of course, even if you do forget it occasionally, there's no compromise anyway.
lets not fire him just yet
I think the tech asked a very sensible question. How do you plan on using it? That is what every tech should ask whenever he is asked for anything non-standard.
One "issue" with lots of pickup options is you can get more variation in output. On a studio guitar it matters less. On a live guitar it can be frustrating.
I am sure we would all agree getting the layout right is quite important in making a complex switching system usable. the more you add, the harder that becomes. a bit of logic helps keep things usable and you seem to have applied that here.
When i had my shergold I often forgot what the switching options were. It had an extra couple of switches for hum/OOP/ single and i could never quite remember what it was supposed to do. The problem wasn't just because i'm stupid. I have fitted a lot of guitars with series/single/parallel switches and despite knowing the shergold wasn't wired that way its still what i expected when using them. It did become obvious when playing, I am just making the point that complex switching becomes harder to remember when you have different schemes on different guitars.
lastly, some guitarists ask for all the options, then only use 2 or 3. I would guess that happens on 90% of guitars with complex switching.
If someone came to me with loads of switches and a vague idea about having loads of options, i would ask the same question.
None of that takes away from your idea.
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I'm well aware the vast majority of people here are traditionalists, and I wasn't expecting the idea to get an overwhelmingly positive reception, as the target market is very under represented. Nevertheless, I suspect the wiring abilities will be similar to that of the target market, and the insight I've received so far relating to that has been very useful.
writing it off as traditionalism misses the point and is frankly a bit condescending. Know your audience
I certainly love traditional guitar designs, and choose to ignore them and do my own thing when it suits me. I have spent a lot of time coming up with non-traditional wiring schemes myself. I have spent a lot longer experimenting with non-traditional guitar design.
The thing you seem to be ignoring is that many of the "traditionalists" have tried to do what you are doing here before, and are simply relating their experiences back to you.
They are not trying to write off your efforts. You may have got the pickup recipe better than anyone has managed before, i am certainly interested in that.
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I am increasingly of the opinion that a 3-way switch (possibly with considerable electrical magickery behind it) is enough options on one guitar. Being able to pre-select those options is useful, but while playing you need typically 2-3 sounds at your fingers.
Otherwise I'd rather* have a 6-way rotary.
*subject to previous comments
The newer versions are apparently much better. more reliable, more positive etc. I have not tried one yet, but wouldn't rule it out based on the experience of the first version
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The simple point that I was making is that this forum's demographic is very different from my target audience's demographic. Please don't read any defensiveness or spite into that, I'm simply stating it as a matter of fact.
make lugs on pot A = 1,2,3 & pot B = 4,5,6 etc.
would make it far more straightforward for little cost.
then load it up to OSH park and get a batch in. https://oshpark.com/
for an example see the telecaster triple deluxe HH board on this page https://oshpark.com/profiles/PhantomicLabs