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Topic: Selector switch |
Philip Bender
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Palmetto FL USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Mar 2009 3:33 am |
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Aloha All,
I am in the final stage of building a Double 10 steel, and at the last minute decided to change the selector switch from toggle to a slide switch. I believe it was a mistake, but now I am stuck. Here is the situation;Both neck has it's own Volume and Tone control, and this seems to be a problem. The diagram does not cover this situation, and in a trial and error method, I just get more frustrated with it. The switch has 8 solder lugs, and would seem to me that I should be able to just switch the output, but so far no luck. Could someone please a dummy finish the instrument?
Thanks,
Phil |
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Blake Hawkins
From:
Florida
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Posted 6 Mar 2009 6:25 am
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Phil,
I take it you have a slide switch with 3 positions.
If so, I can send you a diagram of the way Gibson
did it on my Console Grande, or an alternate method
which is a little simpler.
The three positions would be "Top Neck" "Both Necks"
"Bottom Neck"
If that is correct, I'll send you an E Mail later today.
Blake |
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Philip Bender
From:
Palmetto FL USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Mar 2009 6:49 am Selector
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Aloha Blake,
That is what I am looking for, there are 8 solder lugs on the switch though.
Looking forward to your reply and diagram.
Phil |
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Philip Bender
From:
Palmetto FL USA (deceased)
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Posted 6 Mar 2009 8:55 pm selector switch
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| Well, I have given up and gone back to the toggle switch, thanks for the effort. BTW, Pics of new steel soon, keep watching. |
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John Bechtel
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Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Mar 2009 9:18 pm
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Philip; If you use a Toggle, your best switch choice would be a SPST = ON–ON, because; you won't be able to have both necks on at the same time, if you're also installing a Volume & Tone control on both necks! If you turn both necks on together, one set of Volume & Tone controls will override the other! For instance, if one neck is set to Vol.= 5 & Tone = 4 and the other neck is set to Vol.= 7 & Tone = 5, then you won't get more than Vol.= 5 and Tone = 4 out of either neck and probably even less out of the higher settings!
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My T-10 Remington Steelmaster |
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Blake Hawkins
From:
Florida
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Posted 6 Mar 2009 10:28 pm
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What John says is true. You can diminish the interaction between the controls by using the passive
mixer circuit found in unpowered audio consoles.
It causes some gain loss and there is also an effect on the tone, but it prevents drastic changes
when the two pickup signals are combined.
It is also possible to arrange the switching so that
one set of volume and tone controls will become the
master, with the other set switched out when both
necks are active. |
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