Saturday, June 6, 2020

no more tone knob, say hello to the neck p/u coil tap

The tone knob gets removed when replacing out the pickups.  Out with the potentiometer and in with the spdt switch.  Why?  Well I want to coil tap/split the coil the neck pickup.  The idea of pulling up on the volume knob anytime it gets the coil tapped doesn't seem intuitive.  A switch is the easiest means to get the job done, let knobs do what they do best, turn.

Tone adjustments can be made in the amp.  That is the way I've always done it; just dimed all the tone knobs.  Finally customizing the guitar for myself, it just took til now to get here.  The knob switch configuration is alittle odd on the w400 guitar too. PRS doesn't offer any better options otherwise it just takes a 3/8 drill bit to make it happen.   Removing one knob will  reduce that effect, hopefully... Having the coil tap switch behind the stop tail piece makes sense.  It is the least used switch as the pickup selector will be upfront. 


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