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yes, with the push pull I'll be able to have single coil sound in bridge position and neck position, and I'll be able to have both pick ups acivated in center position.
I don't think I'll loose anything...I hope so at least!!
I don't think I'll loose anything...I hope so at least!!
MusicManJP6
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I'd like to do that with my JP! That would be almost like having two separate guitars... almost. 
Let us know how it sounds!
Let us know how it sounds!
beej
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There's nothing special about the tone cap. If you want, you can just unsolder the whole pot (with cap in place) and keep it before you take it to your tech. Or better- ask your tech to give you the pot and cap back when he's done. Or best, have him use the same tone cap when he wires in the new push-pull pot
Re splitting- since the JP uses one coil from each humbucker in the middle switch position, you have to be careful when wiring it up. With a coil split you basically ground one coil from each pickup. If you ground the wrong one, in that center position, with the coil split turned on, you'll get no sound at all. So just watch out for that.
Good luck.
Re splitting- since the JP uses one coil from each humbucker in the middle switch position, you have to be careful when wiring it up. With a coil split you basically ground one coil from each pickup. If you ground the wrong one, in that center position, with the coil split turned on, you'll get no sound at all. So just watch out for that.
Good luck.
Since the jp has a different wiring system I'M letting the guitar tech do all the work,so i hope at least he gets it right
about the tone cap,since i want that same cap on the new push pull pot,i wanted to know how to remove it from the current pot,since i don't see any screws.
about the tone cap,since i want that same cap on the new push pull pot,i wanted to know how to remove it from the current pot,since i don't see any screws.
Bierschinken
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The volumepot is a 10k-type within a JP with Piezo.
It seems as if the magnetic pickups run through the buffer from the piezomodul and then through the volumepot.
It seems as if the magnetic pickups run through the buffer from the piezomodul and then through the volumepot.
MusicManJP6
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seems like someone said there is a set screw under the rubber piece that goes around the knob. I've not checked for myself, but that's what I read in another thread...
MusicManJP6
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I think so. Like i said, i've not actually tried it. Might have to work it off slowly and carefully...
beej
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To remove the capacitor you need to unsolder it. Open up the guitar, take your soldering iron, heat the wires of the cap until the solder melts, remove.
If you're having your tech install the new pot, why not just leave it and let him remove the old one? It's pretty straight-forward so he shouldn't have any trouble.
There's no formula on what pot values pickups need. It depends on the pickups. The JP has two 500k pots wired up. Again, you want 500k, not 250k on this guitar.
The PASSIVE pots are 500ks, not 10k. The ACTIVE piezo volume pot is probably 25k, but EBMM could tell you for sure. But if you're putting a push-pull on the tone control, that'll be the only one you need to mess with.
If you're having your tech install the new pot, why not just leave it and let him remove the old one? It's pretty straight-forward so he shouldn't have any trouble.
There's no formula on what pot values pickups need. It depends on the pickups. The JP has two 500k pots wired up. Again, you want 500k, not 250k on this guitar.
The PASSIVE pots are 500ks, not 10k. The ACTIVE piezo volume pot is probably 25k, but EBMM could tell you for sure. But if you're putting a push-pull on the tone control, that'll be the only one you need to mess with.
MusicManJP6
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I'm really curious about how this would sound! Is your tech going to be in on Saturday to do the install for you?
beej
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Hahaha! Sorry ... I saw "cap" and assumed capacitor ... my bad. That's really funny
They are closed on monday so I could not call them to check.
But he's always been in on saturday, so I hope he'll be in this saturday too.
I'm really curious too!
The idea that I will have new sounds on the same guitar is blowing me away!
No problem!Hahaha! Sorry ... I saw "cap" and assumed capacitor ... my bad. That's really funny
Actually at the beginning when you started talking about the capacitor I was thinking "WTF is he talking about? xD"
