2020-03-01 Total Guitar

TOTAL GUITAR MARCH 2020

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Aswe’redrillingmetal,extraprecautionis required.Drillbitsliketowanderoff

whentheydon’thavea softmaterialtogetstuckin to,solet’shelpourselves.

Acentrepunchis thetoolforthejob,hammerthatontoexactlythespotyou

markedtocreatea dimpleforthedrillbittositin.

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Gorgeous.Disposeofallthatswarf,it’spaintjobkiller.Dropin yournewkillswitch

andhavea lookattheterminals.Ourswitchhereis actuallya PTM/PTBswitch–

that’s‘pushtomake/break’.Ourcircuitrequiresa pushtomakea connection,so

chopofftheundesiredterminal– manykillswitchbuttonshavejusttwoterminals.

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Reattacheverythingbackontothecontrolplateandtightenup,remembering

tosupportthecomponentsinsidesothewiresdon’ttwist.Let’smakethat

drawinga reality.Usingjusttherightamountofcable,graftontheextrawiresto

theconnectionatthejacksocketwithoutdisturbingwhatwastherebefore.

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Goggleson,letsmakesomeswarf(thenameforwastemetalshavings)!A cone

stepdrillbitis perfectforthejob.Asyoutouchthenextstep,it automatically

countersinkstheholeyoujustmadetotakeoffthesharpburredge.Weusea pillar

drillanda pieceofscraptimbertochompintoourcontrolplate.

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Thisis thesimplecircuitthatneedsinstalling.Wehavethejacksocketonthe

rightwitha wirefromthehot(tip)anda wirefromtheground(sleeve)goingto

thepushbuttonterminals.Addthisontowhateverguitarcircuityouhavegoing.

Itdoesn’t matter which wire goes to which terminal on the switch.

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Once you have those wires in place, tin the terminals on the new switch button

and attach onto there too. Tip: Tinning the new terminals really helps make the

connection! Plug it in and give it a test. What’s happening is, as you press the button,

your signal is sent to ‘ground’, which results in silence!

FIX YOUR GUITAR

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