I recently finished a 3 stringer with 2 pickups controlled by 2 volume pots,instead of a 3 way switch.Thanks to David L.for telling me about this idea (Stracciatella Mod). I used the coils from 2 Gitty Gold Foil pickups.Diodes are soldered between each pot and the jack. Instead of soldering my grounds to the back of the pots, I flattened a piece "tin" from a can and mounted the pots thru the metal and tied all the grounds together with a bolt. It made a nice clean connection.
Just realized the Neck and Bridge #'s are reversed on the 1st 2 titles in the video
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Neat Idea.,.,never seen diodes used this way.,,I have seen a single pot act as a blend / pan knob for a 2 pickup setup.,., love the use of kite string here.,.,cool build.,.,and now I see whats under that goldfoil cover .,.,xcellent.,.,!!
Ditto - thanks for the diagram!
sounds really great
Jeffrey, I'll see what I can come up with this weekend. It will be pretty crude tho, hopefully get you pointed in the right direction. jeff
The one thing negative about this setup is a lack of hum cancellation when playing both pickups. That's a matter of taste though, some people prefer the non-parallel/hum cancelling sound with both pickups being played with their brighter tone.
Correct. It's a good way to go if you don't have room for a toggle switch, don't want one or don't have one and still be able to isolate the signal to just one pup at a time if wanted.
and vice versa
diodes are 'one way valves' for electricity, like a check-valve for water.
it stops the bridge pickup's signal from going out of its pot and backwards into the neck pickup's pot. otherwise both pots end up controlling the volume for both pickups at the same time and you can't turn one down without it also turning down the other one.
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