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So basically something in my guitar is fucked up in the wiring, so I disasembled everything for the fuck of it. But I was wondering if it's possible to have a functioning electric guitar with a single pick-up(humbucker) and no knobs or switches.
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you could turn the knobs at a determined level and hide them under the plate somehow. heh! but wouldn't it be, like, annoying as fuck not to be able to control the volume?
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You can bypass the switches and controls, but you'd have to know exactly what you're doing wiring-wise. Here's an example I've found for you to peurse over:
http://www.1728.com/guitar4.htm
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no reason why you have to have a switch or volume control. Go for it.
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switch= no volume control=a powerful tool. I say keep it. it is the mastercontrol of feedback. to be honest though, the more active switchs you have to adjust, the more parameters you have to play with in a soundscape. knobs =creative
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well if the knobs are messing with your action, remove them, but if not, keep them. they are useful like suchfriendsaredangerous said.
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particularly if you are using multiple effects, they challenge yr feedback and you need extra control at times to keep the feeling.
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I shall take this all into consideration.
I'm going to be visiting my grandfather and he's good with such things so I'll see what he knows. |
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So I've been playing the above mentioned way above(no knobs/switches) and the sound isn't bad. It's got volume with a bit more "twang" to it. I'm also only using one pick-up, the brigde pick-up, so I can tell a little sound quality is lost but over all I like it. I'm working on some folkish/blues songs so when I get those finished and online I'll link them from here.
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The wiring in my jag is getting more fucked up, cutting out and whatnot. Unfortunately I don't know the electronics enough to know what the hell to do. Maybe I'll just take a screwdriver to it and take photos?
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I'm lucky my gandfather knew how to do it. I tried a few times and got nothing.
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yeah this is easily do-able, I'm building my own guitar right now but doing the inverse to you, loads of knobs and switches.
besides you can always control volume with a pedal, which is the best way to do it anyway. Instead of a tone control just put a resistor in at which value you want and you're sorted. |
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It's totally possible. I think SY wires a lot of guitars that way. You just wire the pickup right up to the jack. |
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