came across a momentary switch that is able to momentarily kill the guitar when pushed and immediatly un-kill when let go. Anyone have experience wiring one of these? It has three poles. I would guess it is wired like a simple two-way toggle somewhere in the circuit between the pick-ups and the output jack. Could make for some interesting and cheap effects.
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I put two into my last build (it had the option for 2 separate outputs)- momentary switches come as a push to make (the circuit) or push to break (the circuit). I first used a push to break and used it to break the hot wire and it sounded awful with lots of noise. I then did a quick google search (I should have done that first I guess) and found it best to use a push to make and wire it between the live and earth so the whole signal is grounded to give a good kill effect.
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+1 to david. the 'standard' way is to earth out the signal by running the wires from the momentary-on switch to either side of the output jack.
this can still cause a popping sound when switching, which might be cured by putting a large (10M?) leak resister across the lugs of the switch.
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I put two into my last build (it had the option for 2 separate outputs)- momentary switches come as a push to make (the circuit) or push to break (the circuit). I first used a push to break and used it to break the hot wire and it sounded awful with lots of noise. I then did a quick google search (I should have done that first I guess) and found it best to use a push to make and wire it between the live and earth so the whole signal is grounded to give a good kill effect.
This was the site I found that explained it well http://www.instructables.com/id/Guitar-Killswitch-Strat.-design/