Is this a 3 position switch?

Kwesi · #1 07-08-2009, 09:50 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/Guitar-Mini-DPDT...3286.m20.l1116 ?

I'm planning on getting some EMG 40TW pickups which can be coil split and I'd like to have a 3 position that can give me HH, JJ, and HJ oudl this get the job done? I'd ask he seller but they say they won't answer questions prior to an actual sale.

dmusic148 · #2 07-08-2009, 09:56 PM

They say it's On On On. That's three positions, to use as you like. EDIT: Two pickups? You'll need two of these switches.

walterw · #3 07-08-2009, 10:20 PM

not even close.

the TWs come with push-pull pots, which will give you all the options already.

Kwesi · #4 07-08-2009, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by walterw

not even close.

the TWs come with push-pull pots, which will give you all the options already.

1) with only one push-pull pot I can only switch one or both pickups to Humbucker or single coil and I'd like to have a combination of the two with the flip of a switch in addition to the other two options. 2) I want one volume and a blend, and it says this on the site:

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Originally Posted by EMGinc.com

If you want to use the balance control, consider switching single/dual coil outputs with a DPDT toggle switch(s) instead.

So there's no way I can find a switch that could get this done for me? What wrong with the switch that I found? I have virtually no experience with electronics so I really have no idea how this would work but somehow I'm sure it can lol. If it makes any difference, I plan on dropping in a Aguilar OBP-3 preamp.

walterw · #5 07-08-2009, 10:56 PM

the push-pulls that the EMGs come with will each only switch one pickup, i.e., one pickup needs all 6 tabs to switch it. you could use one as a master volume and have it switch the neck pickup, and the other as a master tone that switches the bridge pickup. that way, you could have any combo of soapbar or jazz pickups.

**line6man** · #6 07-08-2009, 11:00 PM

There are two types of on-on-on switches...

if you look at the terminals as:
1 2 3
4 5 6

One type connects terminal 2 to both terminal 1 and terminal 3 in the center position, and well as terminal 5 to both terminal 4 and terminal 6.

The other type wires terminal 2 to terminal 1 in the center position, and well as terminal 5 to terminal 6.

Which switch does your wiring call for?

Kwesi · #7 07-08-2009, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by walterw

the push-pulls that the EMGs come with will each only switch one pickup, i.e., one pickup needs all 6 tabs to switch it. you could use one as a master volume and have it switch the neck pickup, and the other as a master tone that switches the bridge pickup. that way, you could have any combo of soapbar or jazz pickups.

So I'd need two switches? That's actually the first solution I thought of. Both switches would do H to J (is that On-On or On-Off?) for the two separate pickups.

walterw · #8 07-09-2009, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Kwesi

So I'd need two switches? That's actually the first solution I thought of. Both switches would do H to J (is that On-On or On-Off?) for the two separate pickups.

right, and they'd be on/on, but like i said, they come with the switching pots already.

the other thing to consider with these pickups is that the soapbar mode is way louder than jazz pickup mode.