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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on May 18, 2014 at 3:53pm

Go ahead and try it. Both volumes together would be like the center position of a three way switch. Your separate volumes should work independently.

However this diagram has a fatal flaw. Nothing is grounded. Ground each pickup to it's own volume pot. Run a ground from the volume pot to it's tone pot. Then run a ground from each tone pot to the master volume pot. Continue this ground to the bridge or strings. And run a ground from the master volume to the output jack.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on May 18, 2014 at 5:21pm

Nope. Grpund the master volume only and use the individual volume controls as variable resistors, no ground ;)
(Otherwise turning one of em down to 5 will turn both down to 5, unless you pop a diode across each ground)

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Permalink Reply by rockabilly6 on May 18, 2014 at 7:34pm

Ahh - got it!

Thanks a million Gents! 

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on May 18, 2014 at 7:48pm

You really should consider a 'balance pot' for this in my opinion, it's two volume controls in one, but when you're turning one down the other is at 'ten'...
Have a look at Jabes' question up on the forum right now, I explained to him how to do em..
You can get one on eBay for a couple bucks..

I like a balance pot for my 'rhythm sound', this with a tone control, and a 'lead sound' which is just the bridge pickup, straight out, it's a very simple versatile circuit that people understand right away

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Permalink Reply by rockabilly6 on May 19, 2014 at 3:52am

Thanks Sir - I had thought about that - a little more precision with blending as opposed to the 3 way..I was a little intimidated how to wire it up (I'm  a novice) but you gave a  great  explanation on Jabes' question

Thanks again

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