JP6 Toggle switch

[pmercado]

I don't know if this has been done or discussed before but I took my BFR JP6 to my tech today and asked him if he could make the middle position of the 3 way switch split the coils on the 2 humbuckers such as when the switch is in the middle position and the tone knob is pulled, but without pulling the tone knob. He did. now when I select the middle position the coils are splits on the 2 humbuckers and when I pull the tone knob I get the 2 full humbuckers. This guitar was awesome now is perfect

 

[Warg Master]

I thought that was the way it was originally supposed to be wired.....

 

[Benji Peterson]

The bfr's middle position is between two humbuckers full on. Basically he's made his bfr like a regular jp6. I agree, I always thought the middle position should default in the split position. Nice mod though. I've thought about installing tap/tap in the tone knob. Would be like the jp13.

 

[pmercado]

yeah I dont own a regular JP6 just the BFR, but I dont use the 2 humbuckers at the same time, unless I split the coils for clean sound now it just easier to put the switch in the middle position without having to pull the tone knob. Works great for me. The tap tap option would have been another great way of doing the same thing

 

[Dr.Strangenote]

I've wired a standard JP6 to split coils using a push/pull tone pot, and while pulled the inner middle coils are split. Pushed, it's both humbuckers full.. There is a recent thread around here with the mod posted with pics.

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Yep, it's easy enough to reverse the wiring on the push/pull pot to move the "split" sound to the UP or DOWN position. You simply relocate 2 wires on the push/pull.

http://forums.ernieball.com/music-m...-diagram-coil-split-push-pull-humbuckers.html

 

[pmercado]

Thanks that was exactly what he did, sorry I did not know it had been discussed before

 

[GreyDog]

..now I'm confused: my BFR had the humbuckers splitted in the middle position, and the full-humbucker mode when pulled the tone knob..maybe EBMM changed the wiring on the more recent BFRs..

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Thanks that was exactly what he did, sorry I did not know it had been discussed before

No it's all good, the situation had not been presented before. Now you've got me wanting to change the push/pull option on mine!

..now I'm confused: my BFR had the humbuckers splitted in the middle position, and the full-humbucker mode when pulled the tone knob..maybe EBMM changed the wiring on the more recent BFRs..

Correct, they are now "pull" for split sounds.

 

[pmercado]

To me is such a simple mod but it makes all the difference

 

[GreyDog]

Correct, they are now "pull" for split sounds.

Ok, thanks Pete!

 

[TheShreddinHand]

You guys need a JPX. No pushing or pulling necessary and even the outer coil split as well!

 

[GreyDog]

You guys need a JPX. No pushing or pulling necessary and even the outer coil split as well!

I hear you bro..I must say that the JPX IMO was a big step forward for the JP line..maybe a little to much, since JP himself returned to a more standard body-controls layout for the later models.
Anyway, great guitar as well as the others EBMMs!

 

[Warg Master]

My original JP6 BFR was wired like this with no need for mod... strange.