Momentary kill switch

[Music&Chaos]

Pardon the dust, I've been working on this guitar quite a bit of late.

 

[JackBootedThug]

I need one for my king v. I bypassed the tone pot so there’s my spot. I have issues with wiring though…right Wayne?

 

[7704A]

I had considered just doing a non momentary so that it would be silence or on, but then I would really lose the gimmick side of it which is a pretty interesting effect

You might be able to have both. There are toggle switches with three positions. One is momentary, the other two are not. But, I don't know how easy they are to obtain.
Edit: Something like this. https://www.steinair.com/product/toggle-switch-3-position-spdton-off-momentary/
I think the notation is On/Off/(On) if you go looking for other ones. Not sure if you need a single or double pole, could see both working.

 

[Music&Chaos]

Just get a mini toggle switch, you could do the same thing by flipping it back and forth or leaving it on/off if you want it to not be momentary like that.

 

[Smash]

I have often thought of a toggle for the latching aspect. But i want to go full retard and go arcade on this shit

 

[Music&Chaos]

I have often thought of a toggle for the latching aspect. But i want to go full retard and go arcade on this shit

Do it! You can get the button in any color. The Tesi legit feels great, like a real arcade button.

 

[JSutter]

The switch connects the hot to the ground, that's it.

 

[griff10672]

Pardon the dust, I've been working on this guitar quite a bit of late.

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look at that wiring job ................ you must have a Silver Hakko !!!

 

[Music&Chaos]

look at that wiring job ................ you must have a Silver Hakko !!!

You're team Blue/Yellow ATW!!!

 

[Smash]

I have kind of come to a conclusion on what to do with the kill switch. I am going to use a solid core wire as a ground bus. The Hots, I will heat shrink. I will wire a 473k resistor to ground. I think this will give me the cleanest install.

 

[Music&Chaos]

I have kind of come to a conclusion on what to do with the kill switch. I am going to use a solid core wire as a ground bus. The Hots, I will heat shrink. I will wire a 473k resistor to ground. I think this will give me the cleanest install.

Why have the resistor at all unless you are tryng to drop top end on the pickup or something? Maybe you are, sorry if I missed that. The button is just a ground and a hot, you can attach them to anywhere, including directly to the output lugs along with your normal lead/ground. Looking forward to seeing this completed mod.

 

[Smash]

Why have the resistor at all unless you are tryng to drop top end on the pickup or something? Maybe you are, sorry if I missed that. The button is just a ground and a hot, you can attach them to anywhere, including directly to the output lugs along with your normal lead/ground. Looking forward to seeing this completed mod.

I am tying a resistor to simulate the load of the volume pot I will be replacing; so technically, I am trying to drop the high end that will be present as a result.

 

[Music&Chaos]

I am tying a resistor to simulate the load of the volume pot I will be replacing; so technically, I am trying to drop the high end that will be present as a result.

Ah. Yep, that'll do it.