honza992 Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Anyone know where I can get a larger size DPDT on on on toggle switch from? There's a no end of mini toggle switches, but I'm looking for one just a bit bigger, the equivalent of a Les Paul pickup toggle. I'm building a Les Paul bass...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlefeeder Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 It's verry tempting to suggest using a piece of wire... David PS no joy at Bitsbox, Rapidonline, Switch Electronics or ESR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Have tried Mousser or CPC? I might have one. I'll check my "bits box". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honza992 Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, Mottlefeeder said: It's verry tempting to suggest using a piece of wire... David PS no joy at Bitsbox, Rapidonline, Switch Electronics or ESR Using a piece of wire? Sorry, I'm hopeless with electronics, so not sure what that means! RS have got these two: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/toggle-switches/7346805/ Though for 'switch operation' is says latching, rather than on on on. I'm not exactly sure what that means. And this on: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/toggle-switches/0394431/ Which always says 'latching' rather than on on on. The only switches it specifies as being 'on on on' are mini ones. Which are tiny and look ridiculous! (I'm actually going to use it as a a cap selector.....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlefeeder Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 I was joking that a switch that was always on would be equivalent to a piece of wire - moving swiftly on: Toggle switches can stay where you put them, or spring back when released. The former are 'latching', and the latter are 'momentary' or 'biased', and often shown in brackets, so ON-OFF-(ON) would have a centre 'OFF' position, an 'ON' position one way and a spring loaded 'ON' position the other way. Have you looked at the guitar spares suppliers - they might have a pickup selector switch that would look the part and make the right connections? Alterntively, could you incorporate a push-pull switch into one of your pots to give you the functions you need? As a last resort, if you have a scratchplate, do you have room for a rotary switch under it? David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 What is the switch actually for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, honza992 said: (I'm actually going to use it as a a cap selector.....) Why not use a rotary switch? You could simply have 2, 3, 4 , 6 or so options. Edited January 10, 2020 by KiOgon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 17 hours ago, honza992 said: (I'm actually going to use it as a a cap selector.....) Sorry didn't see this before my previous post. Does it really need to be double pole? Can you post your circuit diagram? You might be able to get away with a standard PU sector switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 This one is a DPDT On/On/On but not that much bigger than the normal micro switches. The black Cap is an optional extra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honza992 Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, Mottlefeeder said: I was joking that a switch that was always on would be equivalent to a piece of wire - moving swiftly on: Toggle switches can stay where you put them, or spring back when released. The former are 'latching', and the latter are 'momentary' or 'biased', and often shown in brackets, so ON-OFF-(ON) would have a centre 'OFF' position, an 'ON' position one way and a spring loaded 'ON' position the other way. Have you looked at the guitar spares suppliers - they might have a pickup selector switch that would look the part and make the right connections? Alterntively, could you incorporate a push-pull switch into one of your pots to give you the functions you need? As a last resort, if you have a scratchplate, do you have room for a rotary switch under it? David Ha ha ha...sorry I was being a bit slow. Thanks for the info re latching and momentary, that makes sense. 8 hours ago, KiOgon said: Why not use a rotary switch? You could simply have 2, 3, 4 , 6 or so options. I'm building a Les Paul style bass : I was reading this thread: https://www.talkbass.com/threads/multi-capacitor-tone-control.737912/ And thought it would be cool to have a capacitor selector switch in the normal style of a LP pickup selector. A rotary switch is the obvious way to go, but aesthetically I'm not sure it would fit in with the rest of the design. I like the idea of have the normal 'rhythym/treble' style selector. So the initial plan was to have an ON ON ON DTDP switch connecting to 3 different caps - 0.047, 0.01 and 0.0047. The bass is only going to have a single pickup (a P in a cabronita case) so I thought the multiple caps would add in a bit of tonal variation. 7 hours ago, BigRedX said: Sorry didn't see this before my previous post. Does it really need to be double pole? Can you post your circuit diagram? You might be able to get away with a standard PU sector switch. Here's the diagram posted by the OP in the Talkbass thread I've linked to above. It's really a great thread, well worth a look if you're into that sort of thing. 5 hours ago, BassBunny said: This one is a DPDT On/On/On but not that much bigger than the normal micro switches. The black Cap is an optional extra. BassBunny, that one looks great. I've got a mini ON ON ON like the one on the left, but it looks ridiculous in the traditional Les Paul position. The one on the right looks much better. Any idea where I can get one? I've only been able to find ON OFF ON in the bigger size, and actually I've ordered a couple. I think I can use the ON OFF ON by permentantly have the 0.0047 connected, then using the two ON locations to add in either 0.01 or 0.047. Not quite such a neat solution as the ON ON ON and being able to select each one independently, but I think it would work. Thanks everyone! Edited January 10, 2020 by honza992 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBunny Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I haven't a clue where I got it from. It's been in my bits case for years. PM me your address and I'll send it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honza992 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 On 10/01/2020 at 22:05, BassBunny said: I haven't a clue where I got it from. It's been in my bits case for years. PM me your address and I'll send it to you. That is really kind of you! You'll have pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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