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Hey guys. I'm trying to put together a schematic for a 2-humbucker guitar with master volume, master tone (which coil taps the humbuckers), 3-way slector, and then a push/pull blend pot which is where my issue is.
Here's the idea for functionality:
1- Standard master volume/tone/3-way setup with push/pull for coil tapping. Right now the "blend" is inactive and essentially doesn't do anything.
2- Pulling up on the blend pot takes the 3-way switch out of the equation and instead routes the pickups' hot signal through a blend pot.
Basically this is my hair-brained idea at trying to get the "blend" ability of a Les Paul (which has it's dual master volumes) when you want it, but giving you the simplicity of a single volume/tone circuit when you don't.
Another way of looking at it is having a preset "blend" you can reference with the pull of a pot.
Here's what I have so far (ignore word "stacked pot" as that was a copy/paste issue. DPDT above the blend pot represents the push/pull action):
My concern here is the red wire with arrow tips. With the switch being in front of the blend/3-way decision I'm afraid that while in "3-way mode" the signal will walk that red wire and still be affected by the blend pot. Or conversely, while in blend-mode it might still be affected by the 3-way switch.
Thoughts?
Chris
Here's the idea for functionality:
1- Standard master volume/tone/3-way setup with push/pull for coil tapping. Right now the "blend" is inactive and essentially doesn't do anything.
2- Pulling up on the blend pot takes the 3-way switch out of the equation and instead routes the pickups' hot signal through a blend pot.
Basically this is my hair-brained idea at trying to get the "blend" ability of a Les Paul (which has it's dual master volumes) when you want it, but giving you the simplicity of a single volume/tone circuit when you don't.
Another way of looking at it is having a preset "blend" you can reference with the pull of a pot.
Here's what I have so far (ignore word "stacked pot" as that was a copy/paste issue. DPDT above the blend pot represents the push/pull action):
My concern here is the red wire with arrow tips. With the switch being in front of the blend/3-way decision I'm afraid that while in "3-way mode" the signal will walk that red wire and still be affected by the blend pot. Or conversely, while in blend-mode it might still be affected by the 3-way switch.
Thoughts?
Chris
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