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Permalink Reply by Ted Crocker on May 22, 2013 at 7:16am

A little late to this discussion.  Maybe I'm just old school, but I prefer independent controls of both pickups - on/off and vol/tone of each.  That gives you the ability to control the output and tone of each one - and blend each as you desire.  Here's how I do it with 2 mag pups:

And here's how I do it with a mag and a piezo (note: no tone control on the piezo)

Find more of my wiring diagrams HERE or just ask if you don't see what you need!

Ted Crocker

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Permalink Reply by Cigar Box Nation on May 22, 2013 at 7:59am

As a professional performer, I'm starting to favor a bare minimum design: one pickup, one volume knob.  If you want to get fancy, maybe ad a tone...but it's not necessary.  The reason is that my hands start flying around and tend to hit random knobs and switches.  I'd rather just keep things simple.

I know this doesn't address your question...  maybe I'll shut up now.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on May 22, 2013 at 8:14am

IMHO is a supporting argument for blend pots. If you NEED two pickups... Well a blend pot can do the job of two volume pots. And a switch. Too many controls on a guitar is ugly in my opinion, although once it approaches the absurd it can become kinda cool again it's hardly in a practical way

Ill take a blend pot and a master volume over individual pickup volume controls every time thanks.

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