Custom Controls

Les Paul Toggle Switch

This is how you wire a Les Paul toggle switch in place of a standard QuickSwitch.

Acousti-Phonic with Tone Control

Add a tone pot to the ghost acoustic volume. Note that players sometimes add this thinking they will need it, and never use it because they love the Acousti-phonic sound the way it is. Try the Acousti-phonic first without a tone pot, and add it only

Push Pull as a QuickSwitch

Use the switch in push/pull pot as the QuickSwitch but the push/pull has only 2 positions so you get mag/acoustic instead of mag/both/acoustic.

Mag Bypass Push/Pull - Scheme 1

This bypass switch can be installed if you would like connect your magnetic pickups directly to the output (bypassing the Acousti-Phonic) and simultaneously forcing the board to stop consuming battery power. This can be used in the case that the batt

Mag Bypass Push/Pull - Scheme 2

This bypass switch can be installed if you would like connect your magnetic pickups directly to the output (bypassing the Acousti-Phonic) but will keep the battery connected when in the bypass mode. This will more applicable for live performance. The

Blend Pot

Wire a blend pot to an Acousti-Phonic. It's the same as a regular Acousti-Phonic installation, only the mag pot is reverse-wired to work in the opposite direction. Note that you actually get more control over your sound with separate pots because i

Guitar Potentionmeters (Part 1)

There seems to be a lot of confusion about the pots used in an electric guitar. Why are there different types? What do their values mean? How does all this vary the tone of the instrument?. A guitar sounds the way it does due to many factors, and the

Guitars Potentionmeters (Part 2)

Guitar pots are a crucial variable volume control used on almost every guitar and bass on the market. The way a pot increases or decreases a signal can be important to many players. There are 2 main types of pots used in electric guitars. Audio and l