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- 23 Sep 2015, 11:52
- Forum: Electric Guitar/Bass Wiring
- Topic: Three position rotary wiring for series/coil spli/parallel
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6852
Re: Three position rotary wiring for series/coil spli/parall
Hi Bobby, As Phil (Phatt) states, you can’t achieve the switching that you want, but there are still things you could do with that switch to get a range of sounds from your pickup. Connect the ‘wiper/common’ to the junction between your coils (ie, the ‘tap’ point) and connect one of the other switch...
- 10 Jul 2015, 14:15
- Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
- Topic: Jacks with N.C. Tip and Sleeve, N.O. RIng
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3307
Re: Jacks with N.C. Tip and Sleeve, N.O. RIng
You should be able to pull the ring tab ‘inner’ contact from under its corresponding ‘outer’ tag and leave it hanging above said ‘outer,' so that instead of ‘breaking’, it ‘makes’ when a jack is inserted. I think that is what has been done here (ie, in the picture). It also looks like the leg of the...
- 20 Apr 2015, 18:39
- Forum: Electric Guitar/Bass Wiring
- Topic: SC coil neck / HB Bridge with coil tap on HB
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6645
Re: SC coil neck / HB Bridge with coil tap on HB
Following on from Pietro_Moog’s post, I could agree that SOME humbuckers might not sound too good when split (although I’ve always used quality pickups and never heard a bad-sounding split). My preference is, rather than splitting the humbucker, to rewire the two coils in parallel rather than in ser...
- 14 Apr 2015, 15:10
- Forum: Electric Guitar/Bass Wiring
- Topic: SC coil neck / HB Bridge with coil tap on HB
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6645
Re: SC coil neck / HB Bridge with coil tap on HB
There are loads of diagrams available at a simple web search.
Here’s a site that offers loads of wiring possibilities - you should find something that suits you http://www.guitartechcraig.com/techwire/diagindx.htm
Good luck.
Here’s a site that offers loads of wiring possibilities - you should find something that suits you http://www.guitartechcraig.com/techwire/diagindx.htm
Good luck.
- 09 Apr 2015, 22:16
- Forum: Capacitors
- Topic: Confused with capacitor color bands
- Replies: 30
- Views: 39020
Re: Confused with capacitor color bands
As per my previous post, black in the fourth band signifies 20% tolerance.
The fifth band is maximum working voltage: Red = 250v; Yellow = 400v, therefore, a GREY band would suggest 800v (grey = 8 in the normal colour scheme, therefore 8 x 100v = 800v).
Hope this helps.
The fifth band is maximum working voltage: Red = 250v; Yellow = 400v, therefore, a GREY band would suggest 800v (grey = 8 in the normal colour scheme, therefore 8 x 100v = 800v).
Hope this helps.
- 05 Apr 2015, 13:28
- Forum: Capacitors
- Topic: Confused with capacitor color bands
- Replies: 30
- Views: 39020
Re: Confused with capacitor color bands
The picture examples from Tip142 are great - thanks for those, Tip142. The top three bands are the value - same as for three-band resistors. Note, however, that for values such as 22nF, the top two bands will just appear as a thicker red band. This can get confusing, as the bands are not separated l...
- 04 Apr 2015, 19:54
- Forum: Capacitors
- Topic: Confused with capacitor color bands
- Replies: 30
- Views: 39020
Re: Confused with capacitor color bands
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- 04 Apr 2015, 17:07
- Forum: Capacitors
- Topic: Confused with capacitor color bands
- Replies: 30
- Views: 39020
Re: Confused with capacitor color bands
Colour coding seems to be quite well established and standardised across the world, so I think it would be reasonably safe to assume that you can read the values correctly as long as (as pointed out in the previous reply) you start at the correct end. One possible difficulty is in the precise identi...
- 21 Jan 2015, 20:38
- Forum: Electric Guitar/Bass Wiring
- Topic: Curious:on board "selective" clean boost sync'd w/Tele 5 Way
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9487
Re: Curious:on board "selective" clean boost sync'd w/Tele 5
Why not try the simple option(as per my previous post) first.
And if that doesn’t float your boat, then try MicTester’s suggestion.
And if that doesn’t float your boat, then try MicTester’s suggestion.
- 17 Jan 2015, 20:50
- Forum: Electric Guitar/Bass Wiring
- Topic: Curious:on board "selective" clean boost sync'd w/Tele 5 Way
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9487
Re: Curious:on board "selective" clean boost sync'd w/Tele 5
If you’re into onboard circuits and batteries, then fine. My way of balancing the pickups, however, would be to switch the neck pickup from a series humbucker to parallel humbucker (The Super D is a 4-wire pickup, so this mod is easy). Again, I would use a pull switch on one of the pots. There are p...
- 28 Nov 2014, 19:32
- Forum: Printed/Published Online Designs
- Topic: Floor based switcher
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10182
Re: Floor based switcher
I would like to make a relay switcher as well, too bad i suck at programming :D You can build a switcher just using relays, with no programming. I built a simple 4-way unit where, when a relay is activated by a footswitch, spare contacts on that relay disconnect any previously-connected relay. Any ...
- 10 Jun 2014, 08:40
- Forum: Circuit Blocks
- Topic: Input Output Impedence ?'s
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11632
Re: Input Output Impedence ?'s
Dan,
I love the mattress analogy !
I wish I had heard it before I started teaching electronics to reluctant apprentices (now I know why I couldn’t transfer knowledge into their soft heads !)
Cheers,
Lucifer
I love the mattress analogy !
I wish I had heard it before I started teaching electronics to reluctant apprentices (now I know why I couldn’t transfer knowledge into their soft heads !)
Cheers,
Lucifer
- 03 Jun 2014, 14:49
- Forum: Switching & Wiring
- Topic: Modifying a Effect Loop
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7457
Re: Modifying a Effect Loop
What do you want the momentary switch to do ? If you want it to do the whole 3PDT switching, I doubt very much that you will find a momentary switch of that complexity - I’ve certainly never come across one. You could, however, use a single pole momentary switch to pull in a 4-pole change-over relay...
- 29 May 2014, 22:12
- Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
- Topic: Making your own Capacitors
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6511
Re: Making your own Capacitors
Thanks, FiveseveN I’m still laughing my socks off !! That’s the funniest thing I’ve read in years. Pedals are getting smaller every day - then you suddenly bung in one of these wooden monsters - and there’s no room for anything else ! I know ! Let’s build all the components right into the pedalboard...
- 29 May 2014, 17:41
- Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
- Topic: Making your own Capacitors
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6511
Re: Making your own Capacitors
I had to make a capacitor or two on my university course. It’s not easy, believe me, but it can be done. The ones we made in class weren’t as close in value as the theory suggested, plus they were 'unsealed' and therefore prone to moisture ingress and instability. And trying to get caps as compact -...
- 28 May 2014, 11:07
- Forum: Amplifiers
- Topic: Looking for a Blues Junior III control panel
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1639
Looking for a Blues Junior III control panel
Hi guys, I’m trying to get my hands on a BJ III control panel - the black one, with the writing the correct way round (when you’re standing in front of the amp). I’ve got a BJ, completely stripped and re-built (properly) by Vyse Amps (previously Torres UK) as a hand-wired boutique amp - called the B...
- 20 May 2014, 19:49
- Forum: Software Room
- Topic: Stock Vector Illustrations of Guitar Stomp Boxes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10925
Re: Stock Vector Illustrations of Guitar Stomp Boxes
Wow ! Really nice graphics !
Not sure if I have an immediate use for them, but I have bookmarked your web-page for future reference.
Good luck.
Not sure if I have an immediate use for them, but I have bookmarked your web-page for future reference.
Good luck.
- 14 May 2014, 16:58
- Forum: Multi-Effects
- Topic: 2 effects in 1 box: How do I power them from the same 9V?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 42764
Re: 2 effects in 1 box: How do I power them from the same 9V
Why don’t you draw it how you think it should be, then we can tell you if it’s correct or, if it’s wrong, how to correct it ?
- 11 May 2014, 21:37
- Forum: Power
- Topic: Small shock from pos earth pedal
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12461
Re: Small shock from pos earth pedal
My wife gets a big shock every time I bring home a new pedal
- 10 May 2014, 22:26
- Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
- Topic: push-push switch for Yamaha SG
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2457
Re: push-push switch for Yamaha SG
Rapid Electronics do some push switches in a similar format which should fit onto that particular mounting bracket. The ones I looked at quickly were longer than what you’ve shown, but you should be able to cut them down with a junior hacksaw. Failing that, take a few old TVs apart - you can often f...