Kill pot?

[Nick Robinson]

I'd like to add a kill pot to my PRS S2 custom. The tone pot doubles as a coil tap, but am I able to easily replace the volume pot with a kill pot? 500K?

An alternative would be to drill a small button hole to the left of the volume (I'm assuming there's a cavity!) to short it out - I did this to my strat....

 

[garrettb]

You could definitely install a push/pull pot and wire it as a kill switch when you put the knob up or down.

 

[Nick Robinson]

It would have to be a dedicated (ie momentary) kill...

 

[garrettb]

It would have to be a dedicated (ie momentary) kill...

Ah, that's different.

No-holes solutions:

• Maybe a push/push pot would be okay?
• A no-load pot? But that would possibly get annoying since you'd get the kill any time the pot is all the way up.
• Get a four-way blade switch and wire up position 4 to kill?
• Concentric volume/tone where the volume is now, and use the tone hole for a momentary switch? But alas, no coil splitting unless you also dive into a 5-way super switch.
• If you don't use the tone control, move the push/pull to volume and put a momentary switch where the tone control was.

Otherwise, you're whackin' a hole in it somewhere...

 

[sergiodeblanc]

As usual @garrett saved me a lot of typing.

 

[bodia]

As usual @garrett saved me a lot of typing.

Dude is a rock star!

 

[shimmilou]

I'd like to add a kill pot to my PRS S2 custom. The tone pot doubles as a coil tap, but am I able to easily replace the volume pot with a kill pot? 500K?

An alternative would be to drill a small button hole to the left of the volume (I'm assuming there's a cavity!) to short it out - I did this to my strat....

I like your idea of a kill pot to replace the volume pot. No drilling, maybe a little reaming. You can even keep the coil split tone pot. The measurements are on the site, check for fit, hole size, depth of cavity, existing shaft size to see if your existing knobs will fit, etc.

https://shadowelectronics.com/products/sh-124?variant=39228634054

 

[Alnus Rubra]

I was reading the thread title and thinking that Sergio would be crying!

I took a breath, opened the thread to much relief!

 

[garrettb]

Hey I'll take any chance to scheme up wiring ideas.

But actually, this is probably the smartest thing: Spend $45 and throw a JHS Stutter Switch on the floor. Done.

Or if you're feeling enterprising, build your own...

 

[11top]

Add a mini-toggle? I have several “blow Switch” minis on PSs.

 

[garrettb]

I like your idea of a kill pot to replace the volume pot. No drilling, maybe a little reaming. You can even keep the coil split tone pot. The measurements are on the site, check for fit, hole size, depth of cavity, existing shaft size to see if your existing knobs will fit, etc.

https://shadowelectronics.com/products/sh-124?variant=39228634054

Oooooh, that's cool. Did not know such a thing existed. You win the thread.


But, apparently it also makes your guitar shoot magic lightning, so watch your fingers.

 

[shimmilou]

Ouch! Don't want to end up like Luke Skywalker.

 

[jvin248]

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If you are working with a reduced control set (V-T-toggle), I'd set your toggle for whatever pickup combo you use all the time (like bridge or maybe middle), 'store' it in the control cavity and install your Buckethead stutter switch in the prior toggle switch hole. That way you can reverse things later if you want. People say the will always have a guitar and then a year later something catches their fancy and they want to sell the old one and with extra holes you take a big hit on the price.

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[jxe]

why would you want a momentary kill switch? to listen to it?

 

[shimmilou]

 

[garrettb]

Crikey, look at Chappers! He was just a pup!

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Crikey, look at Chappers! He was just a pup!

+1 bwah-ha-ha

 

[Tone-y]

You can get guitar leads with kill buttons fitted in to them. Planet waves certainly do some.

 

[Tosca]

Add a mini-toggle? I have several “blow Switch” minis on PSs.

Mmmmmmmmm.....mini-toggles!!!!
Is there anything they CAN’T do??

 

[11top]

Mmmmmmmmm.....mini-toggles!!!!
Is there anything they CAN’T do??

Yes, but different Forum.