Recent content by Mike_IronFist

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    Wiring pickup hot leads directly to a switch?

    Cool! Thanks again for all of your insights, I'm definitely new to working with guitar circuits and it's great to have this knowledge for future mods.
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    Wiring pickup hot leads directly to a switch?

    Thanks again, that's good to know. I just want to emphasize though, I'm talking about leaving everything in place and just modifying the hot leads. What I want to know is, will putting a switch between my pickup's hot lead and the pot it's supposed to connect to - as in, a switch that breaks...
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    Wiring pickup hot leads directly to a switch?

    Cool, thanks for the info (and the correction on terminology.) I'm currently looking at three-position switches on Amazon and mistakenly put DPDT and I guess DP3T would be the correct term. I'll update the thread title to reflect the thing I'm trying to figure out. What I'm wondering about...
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    Very mysterious noise problem - Can someone help?

    This sounds like pretty standard interference issues, usually caused by a computer or something electrically similar in the room. Does the noise you're getting sound anything like this? Usually there's at least one of three culprits: 1. Poor shielding inside the control cavity 2. Being too...
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    Wiring pickup hot leads directly to a switch?

    I've got a cheap 2013 Indonesian Peavey Millennium (jazz) bass that I've been slowly upgrading over time. My next planned upgrade is to implement a nice little P/J style pickup switcher so I can jump from bridge to neck or both quickly. (EDIT: My bad, I didn't realize what I was implying with...