Les Paul 3 way toggle on a Jazz bass

It is possible to do this, but you got to ask yourself. "Will this config do me any good".

with this config you can either have neck pickup on, both on or bridge pickup on.

You can't blend any sound on the 2 pickup you have so you can't dial in different tone.

Also depend on pickup you have, you may have hum by running 1 pickup only.

 

Look for opinions on the Yamaha BB414 and BB415, they use this switch.

 

Hi its been done I have see several done here but I have put a 4 postion switch on my jazz v & t + postion 1 bridge 2 series ( P bass) 3 parallel ( J bass ) 4 neck
I like it + I didnt have enlage the plate so I can 1 day go back ti V V T if I want to

 

Hi I am in Australia got it at Dick Smith but in US you would get it in any electrionic shop ire Radio Shack http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/486ec3a1080f2ade2740c0a87f9c0713/Product/View/P7506
You have to put in bridges etc but I can show you
My Bass is a Parts Jazz bass with GFS Jazz pups

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff81/jazzbassrobert/Picture099.jpg

The 4 way rotay switch in in the middle , The MM knock off has a 3 way rotay switch its again the centre switch . You would know there is any diffrence untill you turn the switch

 

I moved the input jack in order to fit mine. Its volume, volume, tone. The switch selects between the neck and bridge pickups - in the middle position they are both on. The neck volume pot is a push/pull that selects between series and parallel wiring. When its pushed in its series and the neck volume becomes master volume, the bridge volume is bypassed and the switch becomes a mute switch in the down position...

 

What kind of 4-way switch is that?

Is there an ordinary "les paul style" switch that has 4 positions?

D.Don

 

Hi its a Rotary switch click on the link in my post above

 

Mine used to select between in phase / out of phase, but I removed it and added a series/parallel after a while because the phase switch just introduced way too much noise.

To install a single switch with a control plate only, I'd probably try to fit it in the neck volume hole, as the switch might interfere with the jack if it was placed in the tone hole.

It would be easy to make a master volume and tone control and have the selector switch like a tele. The only downside is that in the middle position you will have both pickups on fullblast and can't dial in one over the other for extra tonal variation like I still can. If you like the sound of them both on full tilt, then you're good to go anyway.

Good luck...

 

If that's the case, you might also consider (for style, mostly) a rotary pickup selector ala the EB-series basses. It would certainly be different. I like the idea of the Les Paul-style switch, though; and as a Tele owner, I can testify that its controls are all I need with nothing I don't. Best of luck.

 

hey i suggest you look up HAS sound. that have 5 way selector switch that'll fit right into a jazz bass harness. thinking about gettin it myself.

http://www.has-sound.com/harnesses.htm