Blend Pot Instead of Switch?

@hcsterg (and anyone else)

If I go with humbuckers, would the 500k balance pot be better?

I'm probably going to be leaning on folks here to help, because, if I go with 'buckers, I'll probably tap them, which will totally throw me off. Haha.

 

Thanks! Bright is good! Lol

 

Thanks!

 

I'll update when I get it done, but it will be a while, as the pups I want to get are backordered.

 

I'm going to go with the Bourn's pot.

So, that would give me Master Volume, Master Tone, and the blend pot. I'd like to tap both pups. So, all three pots will be 500k, right? (I'd like to do a no-load tone pot, but they're 250k)

I can find the diagram for just that setup just fine (and I've used exactly that for 2 basses.) I just don't know how to incorporate the coil taps. I'll probably just use pots with switches.

I'm going to try to build the harness while I wait for the pups to get back in stock.

 

Thanks. Yeah, I'm going to use the MV and MT for the taps. That way, everything is right there where the three controls are at the lower bout. I just about had the taps figured out. Thanks for the info. I wasn't sure if they went to ground or just left open.

One more question- is there any benefit to using shielded wire and just running the shield to ground? The reason I'm thinking about doing this is that I have a medical device implanted in my abdomen that causes faint beeps to get picked up by guitar electronics. (Any of them. Active, passive, buckers, anything) I've tried extra shielding in all of them. It's barely noticeable, except to me when I'm not playing. My Gretsch is the best at not picking it up, simply because of the deeper body. I'm wondering if shielded wire will help.

I bet THAT's a wiring question you haven't heard of. Haha

 

That's what I ordered. Haha

 

You must be a mind reader.

 

I usually measure them to see if they are close. If so, they go into the guitar I'm working on. I have parts I've taken out of guitars and basses I haven't tested in my "misc. junk" box. There's probably enough parts in there to do this project, but I'm waiting for new parts to come in.

 

Well, work has begun!

Apparently, GreTsch likes random wraps of electrical tape just as much as I do...

 

I wanted to put in some Vintage Nashvilles, but GFS is suffering from no stock, due to Covod, so, I went with the Dream 180s. I really want the coil-tapping function to experiment with, and I assume I'll spend most of my time with these tapped, or I would have gone with the Dream or Surf 90s. I'm not much for hot pickups, but I can always swap them out for Nashvilles when they come back in.

This is the diagram I'm using, once @1883 explained tapping a little better for me.

Diagram by unbridled posted Feb 10, 2021 at 4:27 PM