hum sing sing with no pots

[karpathion]

anyone got a wiring diagram for hum sing sing with no tone or volume. only thing i really need is where the cap. goes. i'm thinking i jump it from the hot leads on the pups to the bridge ground. but i'm not sure.

[karpathion]

maybe i cant do this. do i have to have the resistor properties from atleast a volume pot.

[karpathion]

i'm only trying this becouse the my uncle never touches the vol. or tone. so why even put them there. plus i cant get any pots untill monday. and i need it working tonight.

[Sporky McGuffin]

You don't need the cap at all if you're not doing a tone control.

That said, it'll be a bit brighter with no controls than with controls on full.

[karpathion]

thats what i'm trying to figure out. i'm gonna have to take some of the highs out. the bucker is a tone zone. so it's it's kinda bright as it is. there has to be away to tone it down a little.

[karpathion]

does this look about right? forgive the sloppiness

[NathanCahill]

A pot is just a variable resistor. You could for-go the pot and install a fixed resistor. In theory.

[karpathion]

does this look about right? forgive the sloppiness

well except for the hots on the singles going to the the same post. i know thats wrong but i got the right idea right.

[NathanCahill]

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...atic=HSS_1v_5w

Just replace the volume pot with an inline resistor and ground your pick up grounds to an appropriate ground.

[karpathion]

so do i sent the grounds to the bridge ground or the jack ground

[NathanCahill]

My recomendation is to ground the jack if you have the length of wire. Direct to the source that way.

[karpathion]

that will work, thanks alot man. now to figure what kind of resistor to put in the path

[NathanCahill]

Does your uncle normally just leave the pots full open?

[NathanCahill]

If it is too bright using just the resistor you should be able to shunt some of the highs to ground with a capacitor and resistor in series across the jack terminals, to simulate a tone pot on full.

[Sporky McGuffin]

that will work, thanks alot man. now to figure what kind of resistor to put in the path

500k or thereabouts - 470k is probably the closest standard value.

[NathanCahill]

500k or thereabouts - 470k is probably the closest standard value.

+1

If the pots are run at full on just replace the pot vale with a resistor of the same value.

[karpathion]

ok it's done. i put a cap in between the hots to the bridge ground.( dont know if it does any good.) it is alittle high but not compared to a ceramic pup. the humbucker is a air zone not tone zone. it's good enough for him. he likes em bright anyways. thanks for the help guys.

[NathanCahill]

i put a cap in between the hots to the bridge ground.( dont know if it does any good.) it is alittle high but not compared to a ceramic pup.

Not a problem. If you want to "tone" it down some add a resistor in series with the cap.

[karpathion]

i may just do that.

[idsnowdog]

What kind of switch do you want to use? If you tell me what kind of switch I will diagram it.