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Topic: Stand Alone Tone Control??? |
Kenny Radas
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Edwardsville,IL,USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 9:59 am |
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| Does anyone make or know how hard would it be for me to make a plug in tone control? I have a MCI without a tone control and would like to try one on that guitar. Is that even possible? Anyone have a drawings of what I would need to build? Anyone know if someone makes/sells such a thing? Thanks for the help. |
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Fred Shannon
From:
Rocking "S" Ranch, Comancheria, Texas, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 11:00 am
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Kenny, you should give this some more serious thought. You might be better off acquiring a Goodrich 7a Match Box and go from there. Lots of folks use them.
FWIW Phred
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"From Truth, Justice is Born"--Quanah Parker-1904
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Karlis Abolins
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(near) Seattle, WA, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 12:26 pm
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Kenny, I just made a standalone tone/volume control for my pedal steel. I basically copied the F****r Strat/tele design and put it in a plastic box. I have two jacks, 1 goes to the guitar, the other goes to the amp/volume pedal/effects box/whatever. It works just like the F****r tone control as a high cut. I got the parts from my local guitar shop and radio shack. It required a drill, soldering iron and side cutters.
Karlis |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 2:09 pm
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The Emmons tone control and bypass switch is ideal to copy. I don't have the Emmons schematic but I'm sure someone on here does.
It can be built into a small aluminum "mini box". |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 11 Aug 2006 4:55 pm
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I make volume & tone control boxes that plug directly into the Output~Jack of the PSG. All you need is (1)-Plastic Project~Box, (1)-¼” phone~plug, (1)-¼” Mono-Jack and (2)-500K Audio or Linear Pots with (1)-.047uF cap.! Plug the Project~Box into the PSG and run the Output~Jack to your volume-pedal. You can also incooperate a by~pass Mini~Toggle for the Tone~Pot or for both pots. Actually, I don't see the necessity for a volume~control, if you're using a volume~pedal!
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“Big John”
a.k.a. {Keoni Nui}
Current Equipment
[This message was edited by John Bechtel on 11 August 2006 at 05:59 PM.] [This message was edited by John Bechtel on 11 August 2006 at 07:09 PM.] |
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2006 6:46 am
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| John, I would think a metal project box would be better. For sheilding and longevity??? Yes or no? |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Aug 2006 1:23 pm
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It doesn't matter to me if it's Plastic or Metal! I'll use whatever the customer requests. I use Plastic for myself and have never had a problem with ‘Hum’! Plugging directly into the Guitar-Output~Jack requires only a minimul amount of additional wire and the Plug is directly grounded to the guitar and only a max. of 3” of additional unshielded wire inside the box. And then the cable is still shielded from the box to the volume~pedal! (besides that, black~plastic is prettier!)
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“Big John”
a.k.a. {Keoni Nui}
Current Equipment
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