I am thinking I want to try a single coil pickup and a piezo combo on my next build with a way to blend the two but can't find any info on it. I have done a search but come up with "sorry no match" in the search could anyone help me out? I could spend a few hours hooking up wires to find the combo but the blending part might drive me nut trying and buying stuff to make it work. I know someone must have a diagram somewere I just can't seem to find it Help please
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From what I understand, blending a mag with a piezo is pretty tough. I did a build where a mag went into one end of a 3 way toggle and the piezo went into the other end through a volume knob. I figured I could roll back the volume on the piezo a bit to match my relatively quiet handwound mag pup. The middle position (when they were blended) had a different tone but it was not genuinely the two blending together like it would be with two mag pups. I think Ted Crocker explained that the piezo was acting as a cap when they were both on so it was kind of a tone knob. The important thing is that the sound I was looking for was found in this combination of both on, with the volume (tone?) rolled back to about 8 on the piezo. I'm curious about hooking one up with a blend pot (what a mixer uses as the pan knob I believe). I just haven't gotten around to it yet. Good luck.
Thanx seem to forget about bass wiring diagrams. That looks like it will work so now it time to getter done
Matt Towe said:
Just wire it like 2 pick -ups with 2 volumes. Blend by upping the volume on one and then the other. It would be wired like a standard Jazz bass, just leave out the tone.
Just wire it like 2 pick -ups with 2 volumes. Blend by upping the volume on one and then the other.
It would be wired like a standard Jazz bass, just leave out the tone.
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The switches allow you to select ether pickup or both together, however there is only one master volume knob in this design.Matt Towe said:
It would be wired like a standard Jazz bass, just leave out the tone.
Matt