kskennedy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I can't find anywhere if my 3+ has 4mm or 6mm post. Can somebody help me? I also want to change the pup sel switch so that each position is a pickup and none of them are on togeather or at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generation zero Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Not sure what you mean on the posts, but I'm pretty sure that in order to wire it in the fashion you want, you would need a different switch. I'll have to dig around for that actually, there may be a way to do that with a standard switch. I'll get back to you on that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kskennedy Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Thanks GZ. I am trying to put that switch in as soon as I can so that I can put in a 18v switch and a PA-2. Hey 4mm and 6mm thing? I am talking about the bridge post. I am trying to throw a Graph-Tech Resomax in there as well and the ordering options are 4mm or 6mm and I just don't know which one I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I can't find anywhere if my 3+ has 4mm or 6mm post. Can somebody help me? I also want to change the pup sel switch so that each position is a pickup and none of them are on togeather or at the same time. According to a Tone Pro's dealer's site, it's 6mm, for Epiphone LP's. So, if they're specifically referencing them, it's (more than likely) correct. You could e-mail or phone "Stewart McDonald" for specs, as well. Hope that will help, or get you going in the right direction, anyway. www.stewmac.com 1-800-848-2273 Cheers, and Go Navy! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Lister Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I also want to change the pup sel switch so that each position is a pickup and none of them are on togeather or at the same time. I'm not sure I understand your question. Does your guitar have 3 pickups ("black beauty") and you want to isolate them? Or are you wanting to eliminate "Gibson disease" (where either volume pot on "0" shuts off the signal from both pups) by de-coupling the volume pots. If your question concerns the former' date=' someone else will have to assist. To eliminate Gibson disease, click this link for your answer: http://www.guitarnuts.com/wiring/stockgibson.php Welcome to the forum kskennedy! There are a lot of helpful members here. Hit every BLUE NOTE baaaby..., I'm going to play on:-" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kskennedy Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Yes I have three pickups like the black beauty. And yes I want to isolate each of them. I really appriciate you guys helping me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kskennedy Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Oh and thanks Charlie Brown for helping me out with the bridge thing. I just love the way this guitar plays and I want to hot rod it for my style. I think I am going to get a Graph- Tech bridge and nut and maybe the new Planet Waves tuners. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Oh and thanks Charlie Brown for helping me out with the bridge thing. I just love the way this guitar plays and I want to hot rod it for my style. I think I am going to get a Graph- Tech bridge and nut and maybe the new Planet Waves tuners. What do you think? You're welcome...hope it all works out. That's a favorite thing, "modding," for Epi owner's to do. I, personally, have never really done much "modding," but then my Epiphones are all "semi-hollow" bodies, except my MIJ '61 SG...and, it's so nice, I don't need to "mod" it, for what I do. And the Semi's are nicely appointed, as is...So??? But, you should, definitely, do what mods you want, to make it "yours!" As to the Graph-Tech bridge and nut, Some like 'em, other's not so much. But again, that's personal prefernce, more than anything, I think? Sounds like a "project!" Enjoy! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kskennedy Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 Alright thanks everyone, ya'll have helped me out a lot. The question about the switch has still yet to be answered though. If someone can answer that I would probably wet my pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 www.mylespaul.com There is a bunch of discussion, about 2 and 3 pickup wiring combinations...so, you might use the search feature, to find the exact thread(s). Even how to do it, like a "Strat!" So...??? Gibson and Seymour Duncan have wiring diagrams, too. OR, just type in your querry on Google, and you'll probably get a lot of other sites/information. Good luck! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kskennedy Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 I couldn't find anything on mylespaul.com so I asked Emmet at Deaf Eddie and he emailed me a wiring diagram for a rotary switch that will give me more tonal options. That guy is a geinus when it comes to guitars. Thanks everyone, I got some soildering to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianScout Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 here's how I plan on wiring mine.. 3 vol with a master tone.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wardog Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 indainscout, is that a 3 way switch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kskennedy Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Well the picture thing didn't work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1999nbmZ1281734025 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Still doesn't work, your profile is set to private. Just upload them to photobucket.com and post the links... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kskennedy Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Heres the diagram: Heres the guitar: Tell me what you think. I think I got it right but theres always something better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kskennedy Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 Please take a look at this diagram and tell me if its right. I really need to know before I install it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kskennedy Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 Come on there's got to be a tech out there that can tell me if this is going to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverman Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Come on there's got to be a tech out there that can tell me if this is going to work. I'm a retired tech and familiar with guitar wiring as well as wiring up my own. Your pictorial schematic seems ok for the 18V battery switching but the jumpering around a two pole wafer switch is confusing to give you a definitive answer right now. Is this a 6 position 2 pole (ie: 2 wafers with 6 contacts and a common contact on each wafer?)..if so, why not use the common contacts to go to the volume control outer tap and set your 3 pickups to be selected by positions on the switch. A simple switch "truth table" of what you want would help a lot. ie: SWitch position Pickup selected 1 Neck 2 Mid 3 Neck 4 ? 5 ? 6 ? basically you only need 3 positions, but it's going to be hard to get that from a switchcraft 3 -way because the regular 3 way selects only 2 p_ups. There is a switchcraft with an extra leaf to select the middle..but it doesn't completely separate the middle either. There are rotary wafer switches that you can preset a " stop" to prevent the switch position from moving past position 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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