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Topic: Wiring when joining two necks together? |
James Mayer
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back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 12 Jul 2007 7:27 am |
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One of my gear replacement considerations is to have another Industrial Guitars Indy Rail (8-string with Lollar Stringmaster pickups) built and connected to my current Rail. The physical connection is easy and non-permanent as there are hex-nuts on the bottom of the Rails and two flat strips of metal could be fastened to them. However, I'm wondering how to connect the two electrically with some sort of toggle switch. I'd like to have "front on/back on/both on" options. Is there a compact Y-splitter that could be installed in the new neck and I could just patch the old neck into it?
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Jon Light (deceased)
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Saugerties, NY
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Posted 12 Jul 2007 8:27 am
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It wouldn't be difficult at all, if the guy (I forget his name) is willing to custom build this for you. My visualisation has it thusly:
--an input jack on the custom guitar to take a patch cable from the first guitar
--an output jack on the custom guitar to carry the final signal to the amp, whether it is a combined signal of two guitars or just the output of the custom guitar, if you un-siamese the two guitars
--a Tele type switch built into the custom guitar to give you the three options you seek.
Electrically, very simple to wire and it would leave both guitars perfectly functional as stand-alones. |
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James Mayer
From:
back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 12 Jul 2007 8:32 am
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That's exactly what I want, just didn't know if it was possible to have the "unsiamese" option if I wanted to disconnect them for any reason.
Thanks. |
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Gary Lynch
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Creston, California, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2007 8:57 am
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Single controls. Some players prefer .047 tone caps and others say it makes little difference.
Last edited by Gary Lynch on 12 Jul 2007 9:22 am; edited 1 time in total |
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James Mayer
From:
back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 12 Jul 2007 9:04 am
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I just have to say that this forum is awesome!
The builders name is Chris Fouke. www.industrialguitars.com |
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Mark Vinbury
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N. Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2007 9:45 am
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I think I'd be more inclined to run an A-B stomp box on the floor.
That way you could switch necks no hands and each could be stock.
Only issue would be two wires running to the stomp box but they could be fairly short and tied together neatly with wire ties. |
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James Mayer
From:
back in Portland Oregon, USA (via Arkansas and London, UK)
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Posted 12 Jul 2007 9:50 am
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| Mark, I've thought of this and leave it open as an option. It would need to be an AB/Y box with lights to indicate what's on or off. |
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