Hi all, working on a build, long story short.... wanting to run a piezo bridge and a flatpup neck through a mini 3 way toggle, each with their own volume so that they can be blended in the middle position.
I can get each pickup to work in their respective position, but in the middle position all I get is the piezo. I was thinking maybe I have something not quite right (duh) since I am not familiar with the mini toggles. This one has 6 lugs whereas the larger ones I am used to using has 3 on one side and the ground on the other. I have tried rewiring just about every way I can think of, but obviously havent found the solution.
I cant find a diagram specific to the mini toggle, only the larger. What am I doing wrong?
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It is possible that the switch is working as intended but the middle and pizzo positions sound the same because the two pups just do not mix well. Pizzos will often completely dominate when mixed with a mag imho because of their much greater impedance.. Have you tried tapping the mag pup with a screwdriver,keys etc?
A lot of guys here approach a pickup switch as a kind of 'gate' which opens and allows a pup into the circuit, I obviously don't know if this is your approach, but I suggest you try the opposite, use the switch for the hot side of each pup only, and use it in each position to short unwanted pup to ground, this is often much easier. With a multimeter you should work this out in short order :)
Try both, switching tween the blend pot (rhythm sound) and mag pup only (lead sound) this way the blend pot can be 'preset' and switched in and out. Variants on this has been my favoured circuit since 2010.
Turkeychicken > The Capo KidMarch 7, 2014 at 11:10am
Can you post the diagram w/o the switch please?
The Capo Kid > TurkeychickenMarch 7, 2014 at 4:36pm
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this is how the on/on/on minni toggles switch
if thats what you've got you can wire it like this
the grey lines are links.
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A lot of guys here approach a pickup switch as a kind of 'gate' which opens and allows a pup into the circuit, I obviously don't know if this is your approach, but I suggest you try the opposite, use the switch for the hot side of each pup only, and use it in each position to short unwanted pup to ground, this is often much easier. With a multimeter you should work this out in short order :)
I'm going to be using rod piezo bridge and a disc piezo in the neck position on this build and I'm using 1 vol and a blend pot rather than a switch .
Ok i'll draw one up tomorrow .
Here's a diagram just delete the tone pot , give you a better idea anyway
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