snakehips
14-10-2007, 08:55 PM
Hi there !
Been a while since I've been on here - but this site is the best place for advice I'm after - I know you guys can help !!!!
I want a pickup selector system for 2 magnetic pickups I want to put on an acoustic (but with electric strings).
Before I drill holes into the guitar (!) I'd like to mount the switches on something external first - a small plastic plate or something. I've no idea whether I'll keep the 2 pickup setup permanently, so don't want to ruin my acoustic with holes unless the pickups are staying. Perhaps I could fix the plate to the guitar permanent with weak glue or something.
I would like to have the option of chosing either pickup on its own but also choose between in-parallel and in-series, when both pickups are one.
I'm not sure how to go about wiring this up and what sort of switches to use.
Are there any pre-made systems out there that you just solder your pickups on to ? How about slider pickup selector switches like you get on Fender Jaguar/Jazzmaster ? (I could mount them on a plate and loosely attach to the guitar while I test them out to see if I like them).
Each pickup only has 2 wires - then they could go to the pickup selector section (in question / looking for advice on) then on to the volume+tone+output connector I have already.
Any help / advice on how I do this ???
Here is my guitar, a 1940's Kay dreadnought acoustic with a Dearmond pickup, connected to a box with vol+tone knobs, plus treble cut switch.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f390/snakehips82/Colne20077.jpg
The same model my idol, Elmore James, played for his wicked slide guitar stuff.
I would plan to cut the wire between the two, have another pickup in the soundhole, each pickup cables go to the "thing" I'm after, then the output of that gets connected to the vol/tone thing.
Please help,
Many thanks.
Been a while since I've been on here - but this site is the best place for advice I'm after - I know you guys can help !!!!
I want a pickup selector system for 2 magnetic pickups I want to put on an acoustic (but with electric strings).
Before I drill holes into the guitar (!) I'd like to mount the switches on something external first - a small plastic plate or something. I've no idea whether I'll keep the 2 pickup setup permanently, so don't want to ruin my acoustic with holes unless the pickups are staying. Perhaps I could fix the plate to the guitar permanent with weak glue or something.
I would like to have the option of chosing either pickup on its own but also choose between in-parallel and in-series, when both pickups are one.
I'm not sure how to go about wiring this up and what sort of switches to use.
Are there any pre-made systems out there that you just solder your pickups on to ? How about slider pickup selector switches like you get on Fender Jaguar/Jazzmaster ? (I could mount them on a plate and loosely attach to the guitar while I test them out to see if I like them).
Each pickup only has 2 wires - then they could go to the pickup selector section (in question / looking for advice on) then on to the volume+tone+output connector I have already.
Any help / advice on how I do this ???
Here is my guitar, a 1940's Kay dreadnought acoustic with a Dearmond pickup, connected to a box with vol+tone knobs, plus treble cut switch.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f390/snakehips82/Colne20077.jpg
The same model my idol, Elmore James, played for his wicked slide guitar stuff.
I would plan to cut the wire between the two, have another pickup in the soundhole, each pickup cables go to the "thing" I'm after, then the output of that gets connected to the vol/tone thing.
Please help,
Many thanks.