I recently bought a Squier VM Jaguar V, this is the one with the PJ configuration with an active bass boost. I was planning to put a push/pull pot on it so I can electrically bypass the boost, but was thinking a pot with a rotary switch, like on an old car radio, makes more sense. Can anyone provide a source for these? I haven't opened the bass up yet and don't know the resistance for the existing pot. Also, I haven't been able to locate a wiring diagram for this bass yet, so a link would be appreciated.
Sorry, those won't work...rotary on/off switches are single pole, single throw, they can turn power on and off, but they won't work for a preamp bypass, you need a double pole, double throw (DPDT) switch. Push-pull pots have DPDT switches.
besides, you then wouldn't be able to bypass the preamp unless you had this knob (whatever it was doing) all the way down, what good is that?
Well, that's a drag. It just seemed intuitive to me, since you turn the pot clockwise to increase the amount of boost, counter-clockwise to decrease, with the final tactile click to indicate bypass. Will probably just add a toggle, a push pull seems weird for this.
The 'off' to gradual boost idea would add the boost circuit to the passive circuit. A bypass is an 'either/or' configuration. The signal has to either follow the passive circuit OR the active circuit.
Thanks for the responses. Guess I'll use a conventional DPDT for this... although I guess if one were truly obsessed with the concept, that single pole switch could be used to power up a relay switch do the active /passive thing. No, I ain't that crazy.
Oh OK; that makes sense conceptually, say if the knob were a boost-only bass control as opposed to something where the flat "starting point" was in the center of the turn.
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