Killswitch/Coil-Splitting Puzzler

[Moog]

Hi guys,

First post here and it's a bit of a stinker!

Just bought myself a riff raff and a miracle man to go into my Washburn P4 copy. The P4 only has a single volume and tone pot and I like to do Morello-style killswitch stuff. So I thought I put a push/pull on the volume which would effectively ground the neck pickup.

Now here's the tricky bit - I also thought it would be nice to have a push/pull on the tone pot for splitting the coils on both pickups. But now I'm asking myself if it's even possible? I can see it would be fairly easy to do the bridge pickup, but the usual wiring wouldn't work for the neck as it would mean one coil would still be on when the killswitch was engaged.

Anyone got a clue? I haven't!!

Moog

[WezV]

two ways to do this:
this is your basic wiring diagram with master coil split on tone pot - no killswitch
http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WD2HH3T11_01/Guitar-Wiring-Diagram-2-Humbuckers3-Way-Toggle-Switch1-Volume0Tone001.html

then you can wire the other push pull as an on/off switch between the hot of the neck pickup and the main pickup switch - basically cutting the signal between pickup and switch..  doesnt matter if its coil split or not - the hot side of the pickup cant get to the pickup switch

that gives you a neck on/off switch that will allow you to do the tom morello thing using the main pickup switch to flick between connected bridge and disconnected neck pickups

but i think i would be tempted to stick something like this on another switch,  wired between volume and output jack
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2368/3534458432_00095856c6.jpg

it can be a mini-toggle for on/off, a 3-way toggle for on/off/on (like matt belamy uses) or a push button that only cuts the signal when pressed.  all wired a bit differently, but basically do the same thing - i find the push buttons a bit more usable.    these would all  require drilling a new hole and making sure there is room in the cavity for it - but nothing major


its more versatile because you can set up your ideal tone and flick to nothing.  the other version will only allow you to use bridge sounds for your killswitch stuff

[Moog]

Thanks for that Wez.

The first solution is kind of what I was thinking, just wasn't sure about the splitting and cutting the live on the neck.

Thanks again

Moog