I've searched through CBN and can't seem to find the definitive (if there is one) way to go using one of Elmar's Flatpups. I'm leaning toward adding a volume pot but it seems like some are running direct to the jack.
What say you?
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I decided to try out one of those Jackpots and received them a few days ago. I've got tomorrow off work and plan on spending the day horsing around and finishing this up.
I'v ebuilt a ton of lap steels and the only way to get rid of the hum is to ground the bridge (assuming it is made of metal) to the pot. All the hum instantly disappears.
I like a tone and volume pair that I can switch in and out, a prest rhythm sound like on a jazzmaster..
FYI twisting the wires like Steve mentions is always a good trick, this is essentially shielding rember that one of them is your ground, so it's almost the same as the alfoil thing I mentioned before, a faraday cage around the hot wire
Interesting. I'll have to check that out. I've dug around inside if my fair share of large L-pads but never a little guy like that. Wouldn't hurt to give it a try. Almost everything else on this guitar is hand butched, I mean built ;) No reason not to have a modded pot in there.
Do you just wire up the same way? The one I found on Stewmac has 5 tabs. The outermost tabs must provide the bypass I'd imagine.
Is there no way you could add a micro switch as a pot bypass switch so it does the same job as a no load pot?
As if you by pass it then it would do the same, then you can use some good old CTS pots...
I am looking at a blend circuit to blend a flatpup with a rod piezo like the old "broadcaster" wiring so the tone pot becomes a mixer. Recon this would be a great combination.
I'd think that would work fine. I have some DPDT mini's but I think something a little more stout would be preferable. I'd probably end up breaking one of those off in short order. Maybe not though. I'll have to pull out one and look at it. It wouldn't be hard to replace if you did I suppose.
If you're clever with a multimeter you can work out how to get a 2 for 1 tone control with one those balance pots ;)
I have a little hard time getting over the notion that I need to reach for the amp to adjust anything but I'm beginning to warm up to the idea of just going direct to the jack. It may just be the cleanest way to go here. I'm a bit of a minimalist when it comes to my audio set-ups and although this is far removed from audio, makes sense.
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