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What to do with an unused hole...

Recently acquired a Fender Marcus Miller JB that having the preamp and pups swapped out with Sadowsky equipment leaves an empty hole in the pick guard where the active/passive toggle switch once was. My first thought was to install some stacked pups and a coil splitter but it seems that there isn't much to gain from splitting stacked jazz pups though I haven't done extensive research on the matter. Maybe series/parallel? Would greatly appreciate some creative suggestions ;)

You could put in a kill switch like Buckethead and Tom Morello. You might be able to come up with some creative lines with it.
 
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Recently acquired a Fender Marcus Miller JB that having the preamp and pups swapped out with Sadowsky equipment leaves an empty hole in the pick guard where the active/passive toggle switch once was. My first thought was to install some stacked pups and a coil splitter but it seems that there isn't much to gain from splitting stacked jazz pups though I haven't done extensive research on the matter. Maybe series/parallel? Would greatly appreciate some creative suggestions ;)
Lee Sklar has a special 'studio' switch installed. When the engineer asks for something a little different, he makes a show of flicking the switch and moving his plucking position a little. All happy.
 
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This is on my dashboard but would both cover the hole and generate lots of doubletakes.
 
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1. Duct tape over it.
2. Replace the PG
3. Add a "dummy" pot put a suitably matching knob. Maybe make it look different like you see on Reverend Basses - In case you get confused in the heat of battle....
That's about all I got...