Hello CigarBoxNation People,
this is my first discussion on CigarBoxNation.. thank you for this community being so great and Hello :)
My name is Greg and I'm a passionate musician from Germany. I read a lot of articles on this page, starting to build my first Cigar Box Guitar.
So far, so good.. right now I got the neck prepared so the next step would be to cut the holes for the Humbucker and get a plan about how to solder them together.
The problem actually is, I found some plans but not the exact combination, that I need.. so that's why I'm not sure about it. I would really appreciate if you could tell me how to solder it, and it would be superb if you also could tell me why (so that I know why I'm doin' it). :)
Enclosed I give you some pictures of the components I use and a little graphic, so we can get throug this.
So, the different parts are:
I would like to work with only one Output at all (this were pre-solder parts). The 3 way switch should be for the humbuckers only [or do you got another opinion on this? At all it's a cigar box, everything is possible ;) ]
The both Piezos should be connected to the output of the Humbucker and i would like to control them over the Poti 3 (Volume) and Poti 4 (Tone).
So that I can use the Humbucker with the 3 way switch and if I like, in addition, I can put some volume for the both Piezos.
Thank you in advance folks.
At last a picture of the neck I'm talking 'bout:
Cheers Greg
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Here we go, I updated this post, and deleted the wrong ones.
Hi David L.,
thank u! That grafic helps me out! At all, i just put all the cables for the grounding together, I think that is legit, or? Can i just solder them onto my metal bridge?
I found this on a german website, is that the right one:
Schottky-Diod - rectifier, STMicroelectronics 1N5819 DO-41 40 V
As I understood, it should be like this rn, when I want to control each signal seperately:
Thank you.
Regards,
Greg
hehe :D at least something xD
Have u seend the updated version, the other one was very irritating.
Hi David,
i'll check the prewired stuff. At all the last picture I made shows the scenario, using the prewired parts and connecting the humbucker output with the piezo (using rectifires) to one output incl. connecting the humbuckers to the 3 way switch. This seems to be okay, thanks for this information.
The Capacitor is on the ton pot (A500K) - connected from the left point (as seen in the picture) to the back of the pot. I forgot to put it on the diagram.
If I understood it right.. it should be enough to ground to the back of the volume poti and use it as a common ground point, right? So the jack also uses the back of the volume poti for grounding?
And in addition I could avoid humming connecting from the common ground point of the volume pot, to my bridge or a screw? Is that right?
One of the last questions :) Can something happen when connecting hot and ground together? As I understood it, the signal goes from the pickup to the amplifier, so it should be not dangerous.. otherwise I heard about guitars giving electric shocks. Can I just plug them into an amp and try to manipulate the signal of the humbucker with an magnetic tool?
Regards,
Greg
I won't interfere with David's info, but the last questions, no, you aren't in danger of shock from the pups etc, only from the amp if that has a problem, 2 you can test the humbuckers by plugging them in and just tapping them with a stick or tool handle, you should hear a noise, or better, just put a string. or even steel wire on a bit or wood, tighten it with a bridge /nut at each end, and pluck that near the pick up
Thanks a lot Wayfinder and Darryl.
Now I can start up experimenting with my pickups and now I know how to solder them together. Great.
Regards Greg
Hi People,
another question that came around searching the web for "humbucker and piezo one jack".
At all, is there no problem connecting the 2 humbuckers together with the piezo in one jack? Do i need a preamp or something that mixes both signals? It seems to be a little bit more complicated when i searched on the internet.
Cheers Greg
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