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tommy wrote: Fri Nov 11, 2022 9:53 am

Garth wrote: Fri Nov 11, 2022 9:39 am Honestly I think you'd be best served just understanding the whole process about wiring as a whole & from there it should be a lot less difficult to parse.

This article I think does a pretty good job explaining it & even shows a couple examples. Shouldn't be too much to sort out from there.

I understand how 3 and 5 way switches work. I can accomplish what I want with a 5-way by switching the lug positions of the neck and middle pickups. But I still end up with a position combo I don't want.

I guess I'll look for how the 4-position works. What I'm asking may not be possible.

5 way blade with a kill switch for the middle pick up.

is two switches problematic ? like a little toggle beside the blade?

I have a toggle for pretty much that purpose, right beside my volume knob and I love it

TylerDeadPine wrote: Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:29 am is two switches problematic ? like a little toggle beside the blade?

I have a toggle for pretty much that purpose, right beside my volume knob and I love it

I definitely don't want multiple switches. I'm trying to get it as simple as possible. I might just wire it like a tele with a 3-way and either ignore the middle pickup entirely or change a tone pot to a dedicated totally independent volume pot and wire the middle pickup directly to it.

I have a 5-way on another strat right now that's wired with a master volume, master tone, and blend pot (Fralin style). Which is fantastic, I just NEVER use the 2nd and 4th positions so I'd like to eliminate them altogether. I suppose I could just do that same setup with a 3-way switch.

GK 800RB mid contour button: Yea or nay?

ErikG wrote: Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:40 pm GK 800RB mid contour button: Yea or nay?

Yea, in general. It's just a mid-scoop. When it's off it's just flat, but with a passive volume reduction to minimize volume differences.

Working on gain staging and such, trying to send everything a healthy level on the DAW

Room mic on a not too loud signal - how much gain are you sending those things?

Lets say cleanish electric guitar from a 2x6v6 amp with a 12” speaker. If you were trying to watch TV in the room you wouldn’t think it was at all quiet, but for a musician its not really blasting

We have a couple close mics 6” to 1’ away from the cab, equal distance - the close mic part seems pretty simple, I have a guitar loop going while I’m just making sure they’re the same distance from the speaker, they’re not overloading, and they sound good. Phase in relation to each other is good. This is the meat of the sound to me.

Then a room mic on the floor pointed at the speaker at whatever distance. PZM, Pro 37, just something to get you started with adding space. This is kind of the x-factor that I’m still trying to work out

Are you sending the room enough gain to where it responds similarly to a mic closer up, with peaks at -6db or something? My room is in a house and isnt that big at all, but it seems like if I’m sending it a lot of gain when I do that. Going past halfway on the gain knob w fader at zero. So if that were the case, are you rolling with a quieter signal or moving the mic closer in order to keep the gain down

Perhaps in asking this I am relying more on my eyes on the gain knob than ears, but I’m kind of learning to balance everything front and back in the overall image and getting everything to work together

I just set it to whatever it takes to peak at -12 dBFS on the DAW. That's my target for everything.

Nate Dort wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:18 pm I just set it to whatever it takes to peak at -12 dBFS on the DAW. That's my target for everything.

Perfect thank you

Would like to experiment with running a Traynor TS25 into a power amp to make it giggable. The line out is crazy hot (seen this reported elsewhere too).

Would a EFX signal pad, or JHS black box be appropriate to attenuate the line level signal between Traynor and power amp?

I guess it's the equivalent of an effects loop, position wise?

Adam_I_III wrote: Sun Dec 04, 2022 3:18 am Would like to experiment with running a Traynor TS25 into a power amp to make it giggable. The line out is crazy hot (seen this reported elsewhere too).

Would a EFX signal pad, or JHS black box be appropriate to attenuate the line level signal between Traynor and power amp?

I guess it's the equivalent of an effects loop, position wise?

Pretty much any passive volume reducer should be fine. I’m unfamiliar with the units listed above, but any regular volume pedal should work. The sign an is probably lower impedance/higher current, so my guess is that you can get away with a lot. Still, it’s never a bad idea to use shorter cable runs if you’re going to use a hige impedance volume reducer/pad.

Cheers!