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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 2, 2013 at 1:52pm

Vincent,

Depends. Are you going all acoustic, or are you adding a piezo, or magnetic pickup? (No, not trying to be funny. People new to CBGs without any electronics experience can ask "unusual" questions). If all acoustic, then the answer's obvious ;-). You haven't said if you're willing, or simply want, to control the volume using the volume control on an amp. Some people do it that way, especially if they are using a piezo pickup; they just wire a piezo straight to a jack, which simplifies the wiring (no need to ground anything, as that's taken care of by the guitar cable and the amp, presumably) and construction (no need to cut an additional hole in a possibly-lovely box top). My Enchantress SwampWitch, built by the anonymous pick, a Member here, is built this way, and I control the volume at the amp. Works just fine. Other builds using a mag p'up typically have at least a volume, and sometimes a tone, potentiometer, as well, just like a basic standard electric guitar. The reason to have one or both on the git is to allow the player the ability to shape his tone literally at his fingertips, without having to walk over 10 - 20 feet to the amp in the middle of a face-melting solo.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on March 2, 2013 at 1:57pm

not  important at all   .  leave  it  out    and  you   will  have  less      ground  issues  etc  ,

  wire   straight to   jack   it should be  fine .  even  sound  a bit  hotter  .   your  amp  has  a volume control  ,  hence  you  don't   "need"   it    if you are using  it  at  home  etc .

 for  stage   use  ,, there are also  pedals   etc .. to  get around   no  volume control   . 

you  should  be  ok  for  not  having to  ground  it  without    a  pot too .

as an option   , you  can also  buy  pre-wired  sets  with  vol/tone controls  . 

gitty  sells them  here  .

i don't   put  controls  in my swamp witches  . ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 2, 2013 at 4:37pm

That's cuz there's no controlling an S-Witch...if she wants to play, she'll tell you how and where to press the secret spot on her G-string >:-E

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on March 2, 2013 at 4:42pm

:-o 

 

:-D

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Permalink Reply by Bad Finger (Eric) on March 3, 2013 at 2:02pm

I bought 2 of those pre-wired jobbies and won't do it again.  One had a broken lead on the pup and the other had a broken lead on the jack.  Thank you, but I'll just omit the pots.  Everyone knows when you leave the pot off, it is hard-wired to 11.

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Permalink Reply by ROBERT GREGORY on March 3, 2013 at 2:07pm

YEAHHH!!!!! Not pot equals SUPER_HOT!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on March 2, 2013 at 7:42pm

I think you should put one for sure. You can use it to turn it up louder. Which is real handy for rock n roll

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Permalink Reply by Vincent Kuhn Jr on March 3, 2013 at 5:56am

Big thank you all for the help !  Much appreciated.

Moving on fearlessly to the soldering iron and jack ............. having fun here guys, that's the idea right ? -:))

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 3, 2013 at 6:05am

Vincent,

Fun is what it's really all about; everything else is just noise.

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Permalink Reply by ROBERT GREGORY on March 3, 2013 at 2:08pm

You nailed it Oily! If it ain't fun, DON"T DO IT!!!!

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Permalink Reply by ROBERT GREGORY on March 3, 2013 at 2:10pm

Some buyers do appreciate having the controls on-board. I personally think that they are a waste of circuitry and add an element of resistance that yields moderate benefit. But I do add pots pretty often, so what do I know? 

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Permalink Reply by jabes on March 4, 2013 at 8:03am

i've bought a bunch of 10k pots for a few pence each -they work great with piezo discs, prob no use with mag pup but nice to be able to turn down,or up on board...imo

 

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