Spare DPST

[ali-stare]

on my bass i currently have a DPST switch which inside is connected to nothing.
does anyone have any ideas of anything i could connect it to?

i was thinking something along the lines of a simple distortion or tone boosting circuit.

any ideas would be good to hear


ali

[lex_luthier]

What pickups and electronics has it got?

[ali-stare]

its got the stock wilkinson P-J pickups found in vintage basses (vintage the company)
it has passive controls like in a p bass with a switch to switch between the pups
but a spare switch

[lex_luthier]

If its got humbucker(s) you can do some passive mods:

[url="http://www.guitarelectronics.com/category/wiringresources.1wiringdiagrams.humbuckerwiringmods/"]http://www.guitarelectronics.com/category/...ckerwiringmods/[/url]

[ali-stare]

that would be sweet
were it that i had humbuckers

[lex_luthier]

You could use the hole and buy some Artec Mini switch:

[url="http://www.artecsound.com/gallary.html#ELECTRIC"]http://www.artecsound.com/gallary.html#ELECTRIC[/url] (At bottom of page)

Tey've got some cool effects and you can get some from Axes R Us:

[url="http://www.axesrus.com/axeknobs.htm"]http://www.axesrus.com/axeknobs.htm[/url] (About half way down the page)

[ali-stare]

those are just the ticket
cheers lex

[Alien]

Just leave it connected to nothing. You'd be amazed how often someone will ask for a small change to your carefully EQ'd sound - just flick the switch and let the power of suggestion do its stuff

Andy