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p/j w/ 4 way switch and 2 vol 1 tone wiring diagram?
- Thread starter xifr
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FWIW:
Don't know about others but I don't whip any diagram out. I have to sit down and think about it - which is not a process I particularly enjoy.
But if you've got two volumes then a neck/bridge switch is basically redundant.
The thing is, some people on this forum have said that with a jazz bass wiring, the P pickup doesn't sound the same as a P pickup by itself because of something or the other. If there's a better solution that'd be great, because that means I won't have to bother with a switch and can just use jazz s-1 wiring.
FWIW:
Don't know for a fact cause I've never installed such a switch to A/B - which is the way it should be to minimize lag time. I'm a trial and error not technical guy and I prefer it that way cause what's supposed to be on paper and what is in reality aren't always the same things because there may well be some unkown variable that's not factored in on paper. Either way, in the end, reality is what matters.
I've never found a P I'd play by itself so it was never an issue for me. I have however installed many P's from a PJ sets by themselves without the J and have not experienced anything different I could tell - which is to say if it helped any, it wasn't enough.
You can always just run the P straight to the jack. If you can't tell any difference, then it can't be much if any. Also, in my experience, many pups sound significantly better ran straight to the jack than through pots. One reason I run pups straight to the jack with no onboard controls.
Other players opinions are just that, no more. They're useful for direction but until you do it yourself you can't know firsthand - which is all that really counts. Everything else is just hearsay.
I'll try that out when the jazz pu comes in and see if I can tell any difference. Thanks for the perspective.
On the topic of onboard controls, I've decided that if I install the switch, I'll just have 1 vol, would make it a simpler circuit, as I can use a tele tone circuit, though I find the volume and tone knobs to be too useful to go without, but if the sound is greatly improved bypassing them, I might consider it, however I assume this is more an issue of the quality of the pots than anything else. Maybe this calls for another switch
....I assume this is more an issue of the quality of the pots than anything else. Maybe this calls for another switch
FWIW:
The more components you through into a circuit supposedly the more the signal is degraded. It my experience, quality of pots hasn't made any difference Some pups there's no significant difference regardless.
I initially noticed the differece between the dullness in tone most preamps throw into a circuit as opposed to the pup straight to the jack - a least once I pulled pre's from the basses and ran them in outboard form so I could separate them out. Then I noticed just a harness could do enough of the same thing to where I couldn't distinguish a harmess from a preamp but easily could running straight to the jack from either of them. See Dimento's onboard preamp experiment in FAQ. It's in there somewhere.
I wouldn't bother with the 2 volumes in this set up.
Just get the schematic to wire a telecaster with the 4 way. Everything should be the same except the tone cap value and maybe the pot values.
Just get the schematic to wire a telecaster with the 4 way. Everything should be the same except the tone cap value and maybe the pot values.
