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"Hi Phil, Enclosed is the diagram needed for a DPDT on/on/on switch as discussed. Som…" David L. replied Jun 4, 2016 to First wiring job . !	28	Jun 20, 2016 Reply by Philip Hale
"Hi attached is a simple drawing of the SPDT (which only allows one or the other on a…" David L. replied Jun 4, 2016 to First wiring job . !	28	Jun 20, 2016 Reply by Philip Hale
"Hi Philip, Using a SPDT switch will only let you have one or the other pickup on at…" David L. replied Jun 4, 2016 to First wiring job . !	28	Jun 20, 2016 Reply by Philip Hale
"This is the type of strip board I mean http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.php?main_page=…" David L. replied May 29, 2016 to No Output and Not Sure What to Do...	5	Jun 7, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"Hi Brian, Have you managed to get the circuit to work? It is difficult to follow th…" David L. replied May 29, 2016 to No Output and Not Sure What to Do...	5	Jun 7, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"From the circuit board I can see the MD20 stamp which corresponds to this amp by fen…" David L. replied May 14, 2016 to Not Sure Where All the Wires Go...	6	Jun 7, 2016 Reply by Paul Craig
"I agree with John Rivers the strings need grounding. Also it has a single coil and y…" David L. replied Apr 17, 2016 to Buzzing Tone From Pre-wired Kit	7	Apr 17, 2016 Reply by Wayfinder
"....and if you want to try using a blend pot the wiring diagram is here http://www.s…" David L. replied Jul 8, 2015 to Piezo + Mag, volume each + blend pot in the middle?	2	Jul 8, 2015 Reply by David L.
"Hi StumbleCol, The best way is to use a diode on each of the volume pots - they act…" David L. replied Jul 8, 2015 to Piezo + Mag, volume each + blend pot in the middle?	2	Jul 8, 2015 Reply by David L.
"Hi Brian, The wiring diagram I use for a on/on/on dp/dt switch is this one from War…" David L. replied Jan 13, 2015 to 3 Way Toggle Switches and Getting Fancy With Single-Coil Humbuckers	10	Jan 16, 2015 Reply by BrianQ.

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David L.'s Discussions (822)

"Hi Phil, Enclosed is the diagram needed for a DPDT on/on/on switch as discussed. Som…"

"Hi attached is a simple drawing of the SPDT (which only allows one or the other on a…"

"Hi Philip, Using a SPDT switch will only let you have one or the other pickup on at…"

"This is the type of strip board I mean http://www.bitsbox.co.uk/index.php?main_page=…"

"Hi Brian, Have you managed to get the circuit to work? It is difficult to follow th…"

"From the circuit board I can see the MD20 stamp which corresponds to this amp by fen…"

"I agree with John Rivers the strings need grounding. Also it has a single coil and y…"

"....and if you want to try using a blend pot the wiring diagram is here http://www.s…"

"Hi StumbleCol, The best way is to use a diode on each of the volume pots - they act…"

"Hi Brian, The wiring diagram I use for a on/on/on dp/dt switch is this one from War…"

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