Wednesday, May 1, 2013

how do you install both a kill switch, and a switch to turn the second coil of a hum-bucker pick-up?

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Justyn


I am fixing an electric guitar for a school project, and I plan to add both a kill switch and a switch that turns the hum-buckers into a single coil pick-ups. it is a strat shape so I plan to use strat parts so I would need to know how to modify both the body and the scratch pad to hold the extra switches. It is


Answer
A kill switch is probably the simplest thing to add to your guitar.

All you need is a momentary on button. Wire it up to the two terminals of the output jack and you're set.

Wiring up a coil split is a different thing, and there are many ways to do it. Assuming you've got a 4 conductor pickup (which you need in order to do coil-splitting), the easiest thing to do is get yourself a set of Duncan Triple Shots. Seeing as you've got a strat-style guitar, where the pickups are mounted into the pickguard, that option is out.

Like I said, there are lots of ways to wire up a coil-split. This site has a whole bunch of diagrams for different setups. Find the one that best describes what you're trying to do.

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/category/wiring_resources_guitar_wiring_diagrams.2_pickup_guitar_wiring_diagrams/

Don't worry about the killswitch thing. Like I said, that's a super easy addition to any guitar.



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