switching idea

spirograph

im in the process of building a beefed-up jazzmaster, and i want to put seymour duncan p-rails in it. i want to have all options available from the p-rails, so would it be possible to put a couple of 2way switches in the upper horn, instead of the volume/tone controls?

or has anyone got a better idea?

HNB

spirograph said:
im in the process of building a beefed-up jazzmaster, and i want to put seymour duncan p-rails in it. i want to have all options available from the p-rails, so would it be possible to put a couple of 2way switches in the upper horn, instead of the volume/tone controls?
or has anyone got a better idea?

You could have a custom pickguard made with switch spots vs rollers or get two blending pots for the rollers and use one for each pickup to do different options for the p-rails. It works like a toggle except you can do more than one, both, the other.

spirograph

HNB said:
You could have a custom pickguard made with switch spots vs rollers or get two blending pots for the rollers and use one for each pickup to do different options for the p-rails. It works like a toggle except you can do more than one, both, the other.

blend pots eh..? sounds like fun. since i put this up i decided that maybe having set so that the switch on the upper horn leaves the p90s on full vol, and the rollors fades the rails in and out. i think the CP jag HH works like that, but im not certain. i was watchin demos of the p-rails on youtube, and they seem like nice pickups, so i wana use em. i aint even got the body yet tho. im thinkin i mite ask warmoth if they would move the tailpiece forward a bit too, a la the CP series. need money first tho!

ARAMP1

That's kind of what I did for mine. SD JB in the bridge and an overwound PAF in the neck. The roller pots above the pickups roll out one of the coils and the switch on the horn switches between a normal orange drop cap and a stewart macdonald black ice cap.