I am building a new guitar based on this box:
I cut the wood lid to fit the candy tin. I plan on using a Klangbox 3-pole pup on the neck and I would like to put a mag pup inside the tin to pick up on the lid. I have materials for a couple options and I don't have enough experience to know which is best.
With option 1, my impression is I could use the 3-way switch to use neck, tin, or both pickups and use the volume and tone controls from the cheap strat style pickup.
With option 2, it appears that I could maybe choose neck, tin or blend of both and I could adjust the blend with additional tone control? Not sure.
In either case, I would appreciate some advice on what will yield the best result.
The rest of the construction is fairly simple. I have an oak neck that I will stain ebony. It will be fretted and I'm trying to find some red formica for inlays on frets 3, 5, 7, 10 and 12.
Thanks for the help and advice.
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A reply, so someone thinks there are replies, so I maybe can get a reply. :P /end smartazz.
The neck of this guitar is all shaped and I'm almost ready to plug in the soldering iron. I have a different idea about maybe putting a spring inside the tin and putting the pup on that instead of the lid. The pup on the spring will be off 90* from the lid so it only sees the spring. Can't wait to try it out.
Artec Sound wiring diagrams page 11
Option 1 - you need to de-solder then re-solder as needed with the additional components in the circuit to match the diagram.
Option 2 - just add pickups wired per the diagram.
Thanks for the reply. Careful that linky. It redirects on me using Google Chrome. However, I was able to get to the book by manually keying in artecsound.com and then navigating to the wiring book.
My bad, extra http:// at the end caused the redirect.
Gotcha. Thanks.
Do it right instead of sloppy. Cutting and splicing the wiring harness would be a half-assed approach. Splicing in is for emergencies or inaccessible points, neither of which apply here.
The idea in audio wiring is to have the minimal number of connections required for the circuit. This cuts down on potential connection related noise and makes any trouble shooting of the wiring simpler.
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