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10-15-2010, 02:33 PM
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I'm looking to replace the master volume pot on my bass with a killswitch. I always play with the pot open, so to me it is pretty much pointless to have to turn a knob. Has anyone ever done this before? What kind of switch is nessesary?
Through my general understanding of guitar wiring I thought a on/on switch would work for this application.
The master volume pot to me is about as useful as male nipples. |
10-15-2010, 02:41 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | | I've done a couple of diagrams for basses with on/off switches in place of pots.
There is a thread recently with a guy doing switches in place of all three pots for a Jazz bass.
All you need is an SPDT or DPDT on/on switch and a resistor. |
10-15-2010, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by line6man  I've done a couple of diagrams for basses with on/off switches in place of pots.
There is a thread recently with a guy doing switches in place of all three pots for a Jazz bass.
All you need is an SPDT or DPDT on/on switch and a resistor. | Please excuse my n00bness, but what is the resistor for? |
10-15-2010, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by circuitspore Please excuse my n00bness, but what is the resistor for? | The resistor would be to simulate the resistive load parallel to the circuit that the pot you are removing supplied.
Without that resistance, you will see a slight increase in output and treble. For some people, this is a desirable effect, but if you want to keep things the same as before, you will want to use the resistor. |
10-15-2010, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by line6man I've done a couple of diagrams for basses with on/off switches in place of pots.
There is a thread recently with a guy doing switches in place of all three pots for a Jazz bass.
All you need is an SPDT or DPDT on/on switch and a resistor. | Thanks alot Line6man. I just need to track down some diagrams. What value resistor would you suggest I use? |
10-15-2010, 03:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Boulder Suburbia, Colorado | | | The Nikki Sixx T-Bird has an on/off switch, right? I think basses look strage without knobs, but I guess if you don't mess with them then there's no difference. |
10-15-2010, 03:22 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | I convert all of my "keeper" basses to have a kill switch instead of a master volume. It's the best way to go IMO. And I'm one of those people that likes the increased high-frequency content that you get by removing the pot--I can always turn down the highs with my EQ if I want. |
10-15-2010, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Phendyr_Loon Thanks alot Line6man. I just need to track down some diagrams. What value resistor would you suggest I use? | What do you need?
If you don't find what you're looking for, I'll draw a diagram for whatever setup you have.
Use the same value resistor as the pot.
Usually 250K or 500K. |
10-15-2010, 03:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pelham, AL | | | hm...I've never thought about this...I'm kinda thinking I may do the same...
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10-15-2010, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by bongomania I'm one of those people that likes the increased high-frequency content that you get by removing the pot--I can always turn down the highs with my EQ if I want. | Yep, I prefer as little loading as possible as well.  |
10-15-2010, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Phendyr_Loon I'm looking to replace the master volume pot on my bass with a killswitch. I always play with the pot open, so to me it is pretty much pointless to have to turn a knob. Has anyone ever done this before? What kind of switch is nessesary?
Through my general understanding of guitar wiring I thought a on/on switch would work for this application.
The master volume pot to me is about as useful as male nipples. | As a male, it's hard to get my nipples pierced without nipples.
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Originally Posted by McThumpenstein I don't think the wife would buy the "I need to take off this knob and put a whole new bass under it" story. | |
10-15-2010, 03:35 PM
| | | | Wouldn't a knifeswitch look cool on a bass?? |
10-15-2010, 03:59 PM
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A little large, but kind of cool, I guess, in a steampunk sort of way.
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Originally Posted by McThumpenstein I don't think the wife would buy the "I need to take off this knob and put a whole new bass under it" story. | |
10-15-2010, 04:01 PM
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Originally Posted by wideload Wouldn't a knifeswitch look cool on a bass?? | If you buzzing noises, yes. |
10-15-2010, 04:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Eastern Wisconsin | | | The contacts on a knife switch are rather....exposed.
Would definitely look cool, though.
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10-15-2010, 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by line6man If you buzzing noises, yes. | You obviously haven't transitioned over to the post-modern-auditory-seizure-inducing experimental-ambient-neo-indie-rock genre yet. Get with the times. Humbuckers, dummy coils, noise gates, shielded cavities, and grounded wiring are so 2009.
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Originally Posted by McThumpenstein I don't think the wife would buy the "I need to take off this knob and put a whole new bass under it" story. | |
10-15-2010, 04:39 PM
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10-15-2010, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by zachoff The Nikki Sixx T-Bird has an on/off switch, right? I think basses look strage without knobs, but I guess if you don't mess with them then there's no difference. | Yeah, the Blackbird model does. not the actual Gibson model though.
I personally don't like volume knobs much, I know of just a few instances where i'd use them (everything is usually turned all the way up on my Warlock, especially the blend knob). I find myself bumping into them and turning myself down a lot.  |
10-15-2010, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by FunkMetalBass You obviously haven't transitioned over to the post-modern-auditory-seizure-inducing experimental-ambient-neo-indie-rock genre yet. Get with the times. Humbuckers, dummy coils, noise gates, shielded cavities, and grounded wiring are so 2009. | No, I play through a giant Tesla coil amplifier, so if there is too much buzz on the input signal, you end up tearing holes in the universe. |
10-15-2010, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by line6man What do you need?
If you don't find what you're looking for, I'll draw a diagram for whatever setup you have.
Use the same value resistor as the pot.
Usually 250K or 500K. | A diagram would be great! I'll be running a 2 band Aguilar pre on a p bass. I reckon I'll need a 25k resistor? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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