Let's say I want to put a killswitch in my guitar but I want it to allow sound to pass when it's pressed down and not pass any sound when it's left alone. To do this, I'd also want a mini-toggle to put it in/out of the circuit. Am I looking for normally open or normally closed?
Who else has a similar killswitch mechanism?
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Re: Killswitch
Seems like you'd want a 'normally closed' switch. When not pressed, you'd want the switch closed and completing a path to ground. Hit the switch to break the grounding connection and your guitar will pass signal as per usual.
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Re: Killswitch
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Re: Killswitch
I don't know what that means...spacelordmother wrote:Have Aen build you a Moses preamp?
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Re: Killswitch
So I'm still slightly baffled on this... couldn't I use a normally-open button which is connected to a ground and then closes to the output?
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Re: Killswitch
Yes... Normally open or normally closed and they reverse when you push them...
I just saw a new Gibson SG at the store with the tone pot wired this way, push to kill...
I just saw a new Gibson SG at the store with the tone pot wired this way, push to kill...
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Re: Killswitch
"Push to kill" is the opposite of what I'm after - I want "Push to allow sound to pass."sonidero wrote:Yes... Normally open or normally closed and they reverse when you push them...
I just saw a new Gibson SG at the store with the tone pot wired this way, push to kill...