Kill Switch - Fender Strat Style Only, Adding a Kill switch to your Fender strat style guitar. |
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Kill Switch - Fender Strat Style Only, Adding a Kill switch to your Fender strat style guitar. |
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Nov 14 2012, 08:24 PM |
I've come up with a reasonably non-intrusive way to incorporate a kill switch in the input jack normally found on Fender strat style guitars. I've not seen this done before to my knowledge anyhow...
I wanted a way to put in a kill switch with out defacing my guitar by drilling holes into the wood or pick guard. This method also eliminates the need to take the stings off of the guitar as well as pulling the pick guard off and taking a chance on damaging or scratching it or the pickups in the process of drilling a hole. What you WILL have to do is drill a hole into your pickup jack plate. To me, this was the best option as that little plate can be easily replaced. In fact, if you do not want to drill the original plate, pickup a spare and drill it out. You will need to be able to make two small solder connections and that is it. Unfortunately, some folks do not have the ability to do this and I have not yet found an easy way to hook this into the existing wiring harness with solder-less connectors yet AND have it all fit back into the jack cavity. Oh, and I get no popping, crackling or any other nasty noises with this switch, just a nice clean silence! See Pics for example that I just installed into my Frankenstrat... Close Up Shot. Cutoff Switch Installed. -------------------- Air Guitar Instructor
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Nov 15 2012, 01:21 AM |
That looks good there. Good thinking.
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Nov 15 2012, 05:42 AM |
Lookin sharp man nice job Looks real clean installed there and no popping when you engage or disengage the kill is definately a bonus, I had heard that sometimes you have to put in a capacitor or resistor (I forget which) when wiring the switch to avoid the popping but I never had a problem either. Last year I installed a pushbutton killswitch on my Kramer, it already had a standard killswitch so I just took it out , made the hole a bit bigger, installed the new push button switch and walla works like a champ!
Here is a little more info in case anyone else wants to do this mod to their guitar http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issu...ch_Part_II.aspx |
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Nov 15 2012, 09:50 AM |
Nice idea and exectution there.
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