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Guitar stuff… Obsidian switch and tone Blender.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 12/4/23 at 3:33 pm
What you got?
Pics of it look well made. It is coming with a loaded pickguard. “Solderless” switching if I want to switch PUPS but it will also blend pickups you otherwise can’t. Like neck and bridge. Or all three which the seller said he thought was kind of useless.
Anyway. Anyone with some hands on with this equipment?
Pics of it look well made. It is coming with a loaded pickguard. “Solderless” switching if I want to switch PUPS but it will also blend pickups you otherwise can’t. Like neck and bridge. Or all three which the seller said he thought was kind of useless.
Anyway. Anyone with some hands on with this equipment?
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Posted on 12/4/23 at 5:42 pm to LSU alum wannabe
No hands-on with what you bought, but plenty of experience with blending to get seven pickup combo options out of a Strat instead of the blade's typical five.
Most of my clients that want that feature get a blend via a "neck position on" DPDT switch, via either in a mini toggle or hidden in a push/pull pot. It basically turns on the neck pickup regardless of where the blade sits. If the blade is in the bridge position, engaging the switch gives you neck + bridge, which is great for mimicking Tele-specific rhythm tones. If the blade is in bridge + middle, engaging the switch gives you all three pickups, which is great for the cleanest of cleans and for mimicking acoustic strumming tones on an electric. My P&W genre clients in particular love the "all three" setting.
Most Strat players want a switch versus a push/pull because a stock Strat knob is difficult to grip and pull/click up. Blending via pot works great too, I just don't do that many versus the switch.
Here's mine on my main "Strat" ... master vol, neck-on switch, master tone
You can apply it to any three-pickup guitar...
You'll also hear of a blend switch referred to as a "Gilmour switch" because Dave used one on his Strats.
Most of my clients that want that feature get a blend via a "neck position on" DPDT switch, via either in a mini toggle or hidden in a push/pull pot. It basically turns on the neck pickup regardless of where the blade sits. If the blade is in the bridge position, engaging the switch gives you neck + bridge, which is great for mimicking Tele-specific rhythm tones. If the blade is in bridge + middle, engaging the switch gives you all three pickups, which is great for the cleanest of cleans and for mimicking acoustic strumming tones on an electric. My P&W genre clients in particular love the "all three" setting.
Most Strat players want a switch versus a push/pull because a stock Strat knob is difficult to grip and pull/click up. Blending via pot works great too, I just don't do that many versus the switch.
Here's mine on my main "Strat" ... master vol, neck-on switch, master tone
You can apply it to any three-pickup guitar...
You'll also hear of a blend switch referred to as a "Gilmour switch" because Dave used one on his Strats.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 5:50 pm to TheFretShack
The switch also keeps you from losing two tone knobs. Strat pickups really need different degrees of high-freq filtering, and separate tone knobs make it easier, particularly for a guy who gigs.
In this guitar's case, the bottom tone is dedicated to just the bridge pickup, the pickup on a Strat that needs the most filtering on command. The middle pot is tone for neck pickup alone. Or the tone can be assigned to neck + middle, user's choice.
In this guitar's case, the bottom tone is dedicated to just the bridge pickup, the pickup on a Strat that needs the most filtering on command. The middle pot is tone for neck pickup alone. Or the tone can be assigned to neck + middle, user's choice.
This post was edited on 12/4/23 at 6:04 pm
Posted on 12/4/23 at 9:40 pm to TheFretShack
This apparently makes knob 1 the master volume. knob 2 is the master tone. Knob 3 is the blend, which can be off where you have your regular strat or on and play which blending which pup gives the most.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 9:42 pm to LSU alum wannabe
that blue one gets me everytime. I'd buy daphne blue anything. LOL Is that a Daphne Blue technically? its a little richer to my eye.
Posted on 12/4/23 at 10:42 pm to LSU alum wannabe
Seafoam green. Hard to photograph accurately.
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