Members ksl Posted May 21, 2020 Members Share Posted May 21, 2020 Can I simply use a regular pot as a blender knob? Thanks all & be well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted May 21, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2020 what kind of blender? Waring?đ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted May 21, 2020 Members Share Posted May 21, 2020 I've had blend pots on 2 different Telecasters and found them to be tone suckers. I have a "blend pot " on my Strat for the bridge humbucker blending single and dual coils.,this uses a regular pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ksl Posted May 21, 2020 Author Members Share Posted May 21, 2020 DADDYMACK, yer funny, & maybe knowledgeable on guitar electronics, but you're not helpful or entertaining.... & it would better serve the room for you to stick to the script, & thanks for your lack of assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted May 21, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2020 come on...keep yer sense of humor...and what 'script'? My life is one long improv...but yes, you can use a 'regular pot'. Happy now? I also agree with Gardo, you will lose 'tone' [typically, I found it muddies up]...this is why I prefer to have a 2V2T control arrangement [even on my Tele...I know, seems like sacrilege, but Fender made it that way!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ksl Posted May 21, 2020 Author Members Share Posted May 21, 2020 Thnx, Gardo~ This is my main Strat that has seen more pickguard swaps in the last 40 yrs than you could imagine. The middle p/u is a beast of a Dimarzio SDS1, but I sits low & works well,,, but notice the tone I never really use on the end, & the middle knob is the 'Blender Pot', with a lefty knob that goes from 10 to 0 since as you go clockwise & the pot is out of circuit!!  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ksl Posted May 21, 2020 Author Members Share Posted May 21, 2020 Thanks Mack, it's actually funny, & don't let my urgency for quick & reliable info slow you down,,, we all can use a little levity,,, btw, it's an Oster~~đ€ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted May 21, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2020 two soapbars with a superdistortion...very interesting combination. I have a superdistortion in the bridge slot on my Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted May 22, 2020 Members Share Posted May 22, 2020 Another mod is to take the middle pickup off the switch and give it itâs own volume control. You can rewire the switch for series and parallel wiring with the P 90s and bring in the middle pickup anytime. Or just use a 3 way switch for Nashville wiring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted May 24, 2020 Members Share Posted May 24, 2020 I wired my strat so the bridge, a SD Lil 59 humbucker, goes through it's own Volume (second tone) then the main circuit so it can be "blended" with the others. It's not a blend like on my Les Paul, which is a pot with a center detent, but since the bridge is hotter, it controls the overall mix with the original Vol becoming a master Vol. To do this I changed the second tone pot to a push-pull volume for the bridge - the push-pull engages the bridge to be always-on/off so it's always available when needed - but this can be whatever pickup you choose. To get around any tone suckage I added an "11 switch" which takes the pickup selections directly to the output jack, bypassing all tone/volume controls for zero-load on the signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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