I want to rewire my guitar with a second volume knob.

Q & A on technical issues concerning music equipment, electronics, sound, recording, computers, gaming, the internet, etc.

Moderators: Ron, Jim Price

Post Reply
User avatar
Possessed
Gold Member
Gold Member
Posts: 340
Joined: Thursday Sep 25, 2003
Location: Johnstown

I want to rewire my guitar with a second volume knob.

Post by Possessed »

I have a mid 90's Carvin Custom. It has one volume and one tone,a three way switch, two coil splitters, and two M22 humbuckers. What I want to do is have two volume knobs like a Les paul. One volume for the bridge and one for the neck pickup. I want rid of the coil splitters as I do not like single coils. I never use the tone knob so I thought why not wire it as a second volume? Seems simple enough but nobody I have asked has any clue. And I am not an electronics guy so I am looking for some help. If any of you out there can help me out or at least point me in the right direction I would be very gratefull.
Thanx :twisted:
User avatar
ToonaRockGuy
Diamond Member
Diamond Member
Posts: 3091
Joined: Tuesday Dec 17, 2002
Location: Altoona, behind a drumset.

Post by ToonaRockGuy »

This sounds like a job for...DUM DUM DUM....LONEWOLF!!!! :D
Dood...
User avatar
tonefight
Diamond Member
Diamond Member
Posts: 1409
Joined: Wednesday May 14, 2003
Location: Ebensburg
Contact:

Post by tonefight »

http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/I-0133.html

here's a LesPaul schematic, if this one doesn't work for you there are other schematics on the site
User avatar
Possessed
Gold Member
Gold Member
Posts: 340
Joined: Thursday Sep 25, 2003
Location: Johnstown

Post by Possessed »

Thanks for the les paul schematic. One question though. How do you wire it without the tone knob? Is that possible? I just have room for two control pots. I dont want to drill the body. Could I replace the tone with something to compensate that would fit in the body cavity?
User avatar
tonefight
Diamond Member
Diamond Member
Posts: 1409
Joined: Wednesday May 14, 2003
Location: Ebensburg
Contact:

Post by tonefight »

Looks to me as though the tone knob is wired in parallel so you should be able to simply remove it and its wiring. Any grounds from other components making a connection there may need to be rerouted to another source of ground though.

I'm not an ace on electronics but give that a try.
User avatar
lonewolf
Diamond Member
Diamond Member
Posts: 6249
Joined: Thursday Sep 25, 2003
Location: Anywhere, Earth
Contact:

Post by lonewolf »

Here is a schematic for one pickup, no tone. Wire each pickup like this and wire the outputs from the volume pot to the toggle switch and then from the toggle switch common to the output jack as in Tonefight's schematic.

http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/product/WDUH01101

If this sounds tinny, you can filter out some treble:

http://www.stewmac.com/wiring101/resist ... itors.html
...Oh, the freedom of the day that yielded to no rule or time...
User avatar
Possessed
Gold Member
Gold Member
Posts: 340
Joined: Thursday Sep 25, 2003
Location: Johnstown

Post by Possessed »

Thank you very much for the help guys! YOU ROCK!!! I will give this a try and let you guys know how it turned out.
Post Reply