Hello new to the group and wondering if someone can give some input. I'd post photos of what I did, but can't seem to find that option.
Here's what I did. I took a SE semi-hollow and drilled for three mini toggle DPDT switches. I'm currently using the one closest to the Vol pot to coil split a Neck DiMarzio Super 2 and the one closest to the tone to split a Super 2 at the bridge. Neck: 8.4/4.18k
Bridge: 8.58/4.3k
Note I set pickups up so the south coils area active when split, so each is as close to stoptail as possible.
The middle toggle is for future use, maybe polarity or series/parallel if I can figure it out. Currently it's just grounded in the chain of all switches.
The coil splits work with only slight volume drop, and sounds is fun and different than my other two SE, but I wanted to try and convert it to a partial split. Neck I used a 1.2k resistor and Bridge a 2.2k, but no success.
I think this is my problem and maybe others could confirm.
When I put the toggles in, I grounded in a chain from the volume pot across all lugs for ground on each switch. I think to run the resistors I need to break that chain and ground each toggle to its closest pot using the actual resistor as my ground leg. I'd use the resistors legs as my ground link to the pots because no matter how I sand or scare up the sides of the mini toggles, I can't get solder to stick (so I can't install a resistor on the side of the switch like you would on the side of a push/pull pot). Figured easiest solution would be on both splitting toggles, set my leads from the pickup and then just ground the switch lug to the pot via the resistors. Does this sound right? If I break my current continuous ground from vol pot thru the switches, I then make each switch run a resistor to ground on the closest pot and then get the effect of the resistors and it allows the switch to be grounded so it will work.
The middle switch I'll leave the ground lugs connected and then just run a ground from that switch to a pot. Again this switch is not used currently.
I know it sounds confusing but, seems like it would work. I just don't want to undo the chain if it may not work. It was so hard to work down in the cavity on those tiny switches and link them together in the first place.
I truly appreciate any input.
Thanks Ed
Here's what I did. I took a SE semi-hollow and drilled for three mini toggle DPDT switches. I'm currently using the one closest to the Vol pot to coil split a Neck DiMarzio Super 2 and the one closest to the tone to split a Super 2 at the bridge. Neck: 8.4/4.18k
Bridge: 8.58/4.3k
Note I set pickups up so the south coils area active when split, so each is as close to stoptail as possible.
The middle toggle is for future use, maybe polarity or series/parallel if I can figure it out. Currently it's just grounded in the chain of all switches.
The coil splits work with only slight volume drop, and sounds is fun and different than my other two SE, but I wanted to try and convert it to a partial split. Neck I used a 1.2k resistor and Bridge a 2.2k, but no success.
I think this is my problem and maybe others could confirm.
When I put the toggles in, I grounded in a chain from the volume pot across all lugs for ground on each switch. I think to run the resistors I need to break that chain and ground each toggle to its closest pot using the actual resistor as my ground leg. I'd use the resistors legs as my ground link to the pots because no matter how I sand or scare up the sides of the mini toggles, I can't get solder to stick (so I can't install a resistor on the side of the switch like you would on the side of a push/pull pot). Figured easiest solution would be on both splitting toggles, set my leads from the pickup and then just ground the switch lug to the pot via the resistors. Does this sound right? If I break my current continuous ground from vol pot thru the switches, I then make each switch run a resistor to ground on the closest pot and then get the effect of the resistors and it allows the switch to be grounded so it will work.
The middle switch I'll leave the ground lugs connected and then just run a ground from that switch to a pot. Again this switch is not used currently.
I know it sounds confusing but, seems like it would work. I just don't want to undo the chain if it may not work. It was so hard to work down in the cavity on those tiny switches and link them together in the first place.
I truly appreciate any input.
Thanks Ed
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