Tech Q&A

eakinj · 11-20-2009, 03:01 PM

So I am curious, I know nothing really about wiring, so i follow the diagrams when i put in new pickups and prey i get it right. So after looking at the buckethead signature guitar and seeing this http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a...WITCH/-/1.html I am thinking I'd like to try this. How hard could this be to do as a kill switch? Seems pretty straight forward. just looks kind of intimidating.

ideas? suggestions?

wilkinsi · 11-20-2009, 03:29 PM

It only works if you wear a bucket of KFC on your head

MakeAJazzNoiseHere · 11-20-2009, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wilkinsi

It only works if you wear a bucket of KFC on your head

You also have to go "Pew pew pew!" when you hit the fire butto... I mean, kill switch.

eakinj · 11-20-2009, 04:35 PM

actually I wonder if there's a way to wire it to sound fx so when i pushed it it did the pew pew pew for me!!

maybe add a second one to do explosions

Hellbat · 11-20-2009, 05:05 PM

It's easy to wire in a kill switch. Just take the wire that now goes from the tip of the output jack and attach it to the normally closed side of the switch. Attach a wire from the center post of the switch and run it to the tip of the output jack.

Here's a good page discussing this...

http://alexplorer.net/guitar/mods/killswitch.html

Make sure you kill the hot side and not the ground side however as that will cause hum as they mention in the article.

11-20-2009, 03:01 PM	#1
eakinj JCF Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Newman, California Posts: 1,168	Buckethead mod idea So I am curious, I know nothing really about wiring, so i follow the diagrams when i put in new pickups and prey i get it right. So after looking at the buckethead signature guitar and seeing this http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a...WITCH/-/1.html I am thinking I'd like to try this. How hard could this be to do as a kill switch? Seems pretty straight forward. just looks kind of intimidating. ideas? suggestions? __________________ The only thing I've ever killed was a discussion thread and brain cells.

11-20-2009, 04:35 PM	#4
eakinj JCF Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Newman, California Posts: 1,168	actually I wonder if there's a way to wire it to sound fx so when i pushed it it did the pew pew pew for me!! maybe add a second one to do explosions __________________ The only thing I've ever killed was a discussion thread and brain cells.

11-20-2009, 05:05 PM	#5
Hellbat Non-recessed Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 1,626	It's easy to wire in a kill switch. Just take the wire that now goes from the tip of the output jack and attach it to the normally closed side of the switch. Attach a wire from the center post of the switch and run it to the tip of the output jack. Here's a good page discussing this... http://alexplorer.net/guitar/mods/killswitch.html Make sure you kill the hot side and not the ground side however as that will cause hum as they mention in the article. __________________ horns666 - "Are you begging me to pee on you, like a drunken Hanah Montana at a R Kelly coke party?" Last edited by Hellbat; 11-20-2009 at 05:12 PM.

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11-20-2009, 03:29 PM	#2
wilkinsi JCF Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: in Hell Posts: 5,682 Posts of Value: -1	It only works if you wear a bucket of KFC on your head