papaschtroumpf Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I read on the internet (silly me) that the Spirit GT-Pro and the Hohner G3-T were basically the same guitar. After further research, the Hohner has pretty different electronics. The pickups are controlled by individual switches on the hohner, and it also has a push-pull pot and the humbuckers can be split. Oh, and there is some kind of resistor network being switched in for tone control in addition to the tone pot. I can't find any info on the 5 way switch in the spirit but I am assuming position 2 blends the full humbucker (both coils) with the middle Single coil (similarly in position 4 for the deluxe). I like the idea of splitting the humbucker (or humbuckers in the case of the Deluxe). I probably isn't hard to add another switch of replace one of the pots with a push-pull pot (the Epiphone Nighthawk does exactly that), but my question is, is the stock humbucker wired in such as way that you can access the middle wire (between the 2 coils), or would it require major surgery. I know you could buy another humbucker (e.g. SD) that is splittable, but this is a cheap guitar and I'm not sure it's worth the expense. By the way I'm not 100% sure what the push-pull does on the Hohner, it mucks with the VBS-1 resistor network, but it might also reverse the phase of the humbucker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papaschtroumpf Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 OK, I borrowed a Hohner GT-3 and took the back plate off, the wiring is basically the same as the spirit-pro except that each pickup has a switch instead of the 5-way, so it does get a few more combinations. No push-pull or tone-blender VBS-1 as implied by this diagram though: http://binatani.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/hohner-g3t-wiring-diagram-headless-guitar.jpg Maybe there are several models of G3-T? The one I looked at is supposed to be from the late 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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