The Gretsch double-cut long scale basses (6070, 6072, G6072) have in common a three-position tone switch (in place of a tone pot) and another three position switch which I regard as redundant and useless since it is a kill switch, and these basses all have a master volume which IMO performs the same function. I would like to double-down and make this switch another tone switch -- using different cap values -- to bookend the factory tone switch and give me more tonal options on the bass. I do not know if such a conversion is possible; and if it is possible, I do not know that it would be advisable, which is why I am starting this thread.
Here
http://assets.contentful.com/3xaxfh...bb12b3615e1bfa/ToneSwitchStandBySwitchREV.pdf
is a wiring diagram for the basses in question: pickup selector upper middle, tone switch upper left, and kill (standby) switch lower left. I would like to make the kill switch a copy of the tone switch, only with different cap values, and I would like for it to interact not only with the volume pots but with the factory tone switch as well. So I have questions.
1) Is this project even do-able? Or is it one of those "you can't get there from here" situations?
2) If the project is do-able, what cap values can I use which do not duplicate the factory caps but which still will produce usable bass sounds?
3) What other changes to the wiring/circuit will need to be made to make all options functional? I'm mainly thinking here of the re-purposed switch's interactions with the pots.
TIA for any advice offered.
Here
http://assets.contentful.com/3xaxfh...bb12b3615e1bfa/ToneSwitchStandBySwitchREV.pdf
is a wiring diagram for the basses in question: pickup selector upper middle, tone switch upper left, and kill (standby) switch lower left. I would like to make the kill switch a copy of the tone switch, only with different cap values, and I would like for it to interact not only with the volume pots but with the factory tone switch as well. So I have questions.
1) Is this project even do-able? Or is it one of those "you can't get there from here" situations?
2) If the project is do-able, what cap values can I use which do not duplicate the factory caps but which still will produce usable bass sounds?
3) What other changes to the wiring/circuit will need to be made to make all options functional? I'm mainly thinking here of the re-purposed switch's interactions with the pots.
TIA for any advice offered.