Members Chordite Posted November 12, 2014 Members Share Posted November 12, 2014 As regulars know I am a Strat man. One source of irritation however is the pup switch which I am inclined to knock when playing enthusiastically and I am trying to think of a new location for it. One simple possibility is to turn it 90 degrees so that if you hit it it is side on not length ways. Alternatively up in the Les Paul position but that is major routing. Maybe go from toggle to slider or push button. Any of you tried changing it? and what worked? (or didn't ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted November 12, 2014 Members Share Posted November 12, 2014 Thomas Wnorowski back in the day with the mod that started it all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted November 12, 2014 Members Share Posted November 12, 2014 Use three S-1 switches for the Volume and Tone controls. You could wire them up as individual ON/OFF for each pickup or get really creative with them and figure out some easily accessible, usable pickup combinations. I believe the S-1 is a 4PDT so you could design a LOGIC circuit where one switch may have priority over all the others in one position while switching to a combination of the other two switches in the other position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted November 12, 2014 Members Share Posted November 12, 2014 I like the idea of individual buttons for each pickup. It's a bit adventurous though. My first car had buttons to change gears, lol. It was a dodge valiant. Conversely, what about just moving the regular switch closer to the lower tone control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dick wiggins Posted November 13, 2014 Members Share Posted November 13, 2014 just break it off and leave a little bit of the thing sticking out so you can switch it. if its too sharp you can file it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordite Posted November 13, 2014 Author Members Share Posted November 13, 2014 I like the idea of individual buttons for each pickup. It's a bit adventurous though. My first car had buttons to change gears, lol. It was a dodge valiant. Conversely, what about just moving the regular switch closer to the lower tone control? Was it this model ? a crazy design I was going to buy one in 68, (long story) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/CHRYSLER_VALIANT_V_200-2.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted November 13, 2014 Members Share Posted November 13, 2014 Was it this model ? a crazy design I was going to buy one in 68, (long story) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/CHRYSLER_VALIANT_V_200-2.JPG Wow, that's nice, I wish... I bet you wish you bought that one too! Mine was pretty beat up, a hand me down from my Mom. Looked more like this, with some rust... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted November 13, 2014 Members Share Posted November 13, 2014 I once had a 1963 Plymouth with the push button transmission. I thought it was a pretty cool idea.So why not a push button pickup selector? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted November 13, 2014 Members Share Posted November 13, 2014 Gardo, I've seen push button selectors but can't remember where. It would give you any combination, makes sense really. I might do some research on the subject myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted November 13, 2014 Members Share Posted November 13, 2014 . . . My first car had buttons to change gears' date=' lol. It was a dodge valiant. . . .[/quote'] No, it wasn't. Valiants were made by Plymouth. Dodge made Darts. As for the selector switch, rewire the guitar with a master volume and tone and use the hole for the second tone control. Install a rotary selector instead of a toggle: http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/SWR51/5-Way-Rotary-Guitar-Pickup-Selector-Switch.html. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted November 13, 2014 Members Share Posted November 13, 2014 No, it wasn't. Valiants were made by Plymouth. Dodge made Darts. As for the selector switch, rewire the guitar with a master volume and tone and use the hole for the second tone control. Install a rotary selector instead of a toggle: http://www.guitarelectronics.com/pro...or-Switch.html. Thats the answer! Rotary switch, forgot about that. You're also right about it being a Plymouth Deep End and it did have push button gearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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