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    Okay, I've decided that I'm going to go ahead and have the Duncans in the SL2H wired back to passive. Someone had installed an EMG Strat Presence Control (thanks again to Sunbane for identifying this) and I feel that it's muffling the tone a bit. I experimented by taking the battery out and the extra knob still adjusts the bass boost. I also compared it back to back tonight with an import Jackson with the Duncan Designed pups, plus a Fusion with an EMG 81. Those two sound more normal to me. The SL2H sounds like there's a tone control set roughly at about 50% and it lacks a touch of bite on leads.

    Anyway.... as you can see here, there's an extra knob which currently controls the EMG-SPC:



    My question is, can you recommend a use for that knob that I could have the tech wire it for? I can't think of anything and I'm leaning toward having him replace it with a kill switch (I did this on the Fusion, also). I like having a kill switch.

    -OR-

    I might have him wire the existing selector switch as a kill switch and replace the extra knob with a pickup selector toggle. I rarely switch to the neck pickup, anyway, so this would put the kill switch in a more convenient location.

    So unless someone can suggest a cool use for that knob, it's going to be swapped with a kill switch or a pickup selector.

    Thanks!

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    Kill Switch all the way
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    • #3
      Individual tones or volumes could be cool, killswitch idea is cool too. I would move the volume knob because I hate the Jackson location for it but it would leave the hole! With such a busy graphic I bet a blue plug would go un-noticed from afar. Have fun man!
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      • #4
        Oh yeah. Kill switch.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by jcm800x View Post
          Individual tones or volumes could be cool, killswitch idea is cool too. I would move the volume knob because I hate the Jackson location for it but it would leave the hole! With such a busy graphic I bet a blue plug would go un-noticed from afar. Have fun man!
          The only time the volume knob location bugs me is when I drop the bar, which is very rarely.

          You're right, though. A small blue plug probably wouldn't be noticed.
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          • #6
            Kill switch.
            I feel my soul go cold... only the dead are smiling.

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            • #7
              Kill switch or EMG PA-2.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Kisonen View Post
                Kill switch or EMG PA-2.
                +1

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