DaleASmith Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I never use the tone pot. its just always on full. I never blend my pickups. They're both on full all the time. So, can I just take my current setup ( CV Jag bass with 2 stacked tone / volume pots ) and just have both pickups wired to a single stacked tone / volume pot? Or, even better, just a volume. ( I realise that might be problematic as the tone pot does filter even when on full ) Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 If the bass already does everything you need as is, why mutilate it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 If you run everything fully open all the time, why not take the lot out? No vol, no tone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 You haven't really explained why you want to do this. Is there a better reason other than "I never use them"? I am also a tone all the way up kind of player, but I'm not modding all my basses to get rid of the tone pots... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 It's easy to leave them there but under the hood everything is overridden/bypassed. Another way is to remove and save current electronics and install a new set. Like Vol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleASmith Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 Hi. Thanks for the replies.. Reasoning.. firstly, I want to install a "kill switch" as i often use this on another bass I have. I realise I could do this with my current set up, but removing a tone/vol pot would free up space. A single volume pot would give me the option to bring volume up and down in a live situation ( think effects wise, not just for stage level ) which cant be done with a pair of volume pots. I could get a foot volume pedal, but I would still like a kill switch so thought this might be a viable option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badscrew Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 I always wire my jazz basses with two pickups going to the same volume pot. I keep the tone though. This makes one pot doing nothing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 (edited) I've an Epihone Les Paul thing... The Tone pot has a non latching 'push' kill switch... for the stutter type effect. Use one as the Vol pot? I think you can also get push on push off latching (rather than push / pull) if you want an OFF switch Edited July 9, 2022 by PaulThePlug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Similar in principal, I have an old Ibanez (for sale folks) and just wired the P/J pickups into a pickup selector switch, into a volume pot. then to the output jack. I tend to just leave the selector in the centre position so both pickups are active. No issues. As to why? Much like the OP, I tend to play passive kit with everything open and here I really couldn't be bothered wiring in tone pots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleASmith Posted July 18, 2022 Author Share Posted July 18, 2022 Done.. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoulderpet Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 On 18/07/2022 at 15:08, DaleASmith said: Done.. What did you go with in the end, 2 volumes or 1 volume 1 tone? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badscrew Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Maybe 2 tones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleASmith Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 On 22/07/2022 at 08:45, shoulderpet said: What did you go with in the end, 2 volumes or 1 volume 1 tone? 1 volume, 1 tone. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borntohang Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Nice! I took the second volume out of mine and went Vol/Tone and On/Off for the bridge pickup as I never used it solo. Made switching a lot easier, but yours looks slick with the custom plate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoulderpet Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 when I had my shortscale Jaguar bass I replaced the control plate with a 2 hole mustang control plate and went with 2 volumes, I never use tone controls on basses they are always on full, I recently had a Kiogon harness made for a P bass with the tone control replaced with a bass rolloff, much more useful to me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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