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OS-2 was my first dirt pedal probabably like 25 years ago
I actually own two Boss originals cos I sometimes have a fly board and its such a part of "me" as a sound - I always come back to that as my filth setting irrespective of whatever other multitude of dirt pedals I have around (which is a couple dozen probably).

Really cool builds.



PS: Sorry to hear you arent feeling stellar.
Ill add to the pile at the risk of this becoming "sad pedal builders anonymous" that this year has felt particularly challening for me. While I wouldnt say I am clinically depressed I have felt a struggle. Not sure if its cos I turn 40 (tommorrow.... ) and am aware of mortality (parents declining health and repeat oncology surgeries) or the fact my cat has been on the watch list for at least 3 years now and thats coming to a head...or other stuff that I probably dont want to write here regards my closest family. But hey, Ive started collecting and modding cheap guitars and thats been nice. I dont build many pedals at all these days which I do miss and maybe adds to the sads a bit.

If I built it again I would leave it out, the levels are well matched but I didn't know this going into the build.

re-read the accompanying literature, I missed that first pass some weeks ago.
Yeah I honestly dont think its needed, but thats a more elegant approach than the totally redundant super volume boost found on the "string ringer" clones

Ironically,  I just gutted and did some fancy wiring on a very cheap strat copy, with super 4p5t switching, coil tapping, series/paralleling and have literally zero issues. And yet, this 2 pickup single toggle was a bear.

rad

cool. curious how and why you implemented a level control?

What does the auxiliary switch do?  Otherwise it seems very Ibanez-ish.

series / parallel switch

I got it figured out

Cheers if you had a look and were (at first, maybe) as confused as me!

Hi all

I am intrigued by the Charvel DK24 HH pickup switching options.



I have scoured the internet for a wiring diagram and happened across this



My issue is I dont have the original pickups to play with (which are expensive SD units)
I do however have some Duncan Design 4-wire humbuckers to experiment on!

Main problem however seems to be the way the hot and coloured wires work on the Duncan Designs
The SD have the North Start (Black) as Hot, and the South Start (Green) as ground
The Dunc Design have the North Start (Black) as Ground, and the South Start (Green) as hot

Would it be so simple as, following the wiring diagram, swapping around the green and black wires?
I assume this, if it worked, would just mean the positions as it relates to the specific "inner/outer" coil that was active might just be flipped over from pos 2 and pos 4 on the selector switch...?

I am hopefully reliably informed that all humbuckers have the same "orientation" of the coils meaning North is always slug, South is Screws

Any help would be much appreciated as Ive never attempted wiring something so complicated and the diagram isnt exactly the best (!)

Cheers

pretty interesting right here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQU85rklIgQ

Im not the person youre after but those are some nice looking COB clones
Are you able to share any details on that?

Cheers

So are you saying that you wired two different sets of pickups straight to the output jack and the popping still happens with both sets? If that's the case, it doesn't seem like the issue is in the guitar at all.

well, theyre in the guitar and I did resolve it with a body grounding solution, so I think it was in the guitar so to speak.

To get a better idea of what you're dealing with, is this pretty much the guitar you have? (I realize there are several color options).

If it is, then the pickguard really has no bearing on grounding or shielding, so that's irrelevant, and the control cavity doesn't have the typical telecaster metal panel that the pots and switch are mounted to. I'm guessing the wiring/grounding is more like a Les Paul than a typical Tele. That changes things, and is a key piece to know before moving forward.

thats the exact model down to the colour, yes.

Note, it occured with the stock pickups too, as I put one back in to rule that out. So I dont think it was a pickup microphonic issue.

Super wierd....

after taking everything apart and re-doing everything I can only conclude there must have been an earth loop somewhere.
Ive added another ground between the pots and the "body" (being copper foil shielded...)

Annoyingly it was even doing it with just one pickup, straight to the out jack with the bridge ground earthed at the output jack too. Super wierd.

Did you try checking for ground continuity between pots and the bridge hardware?

I wonder if the new pickups might be microphonic somehow.

Yes I replaced the bridge ground. There is continuity

Ive also just removed the pots (wired the hot directly to the output) and its doing the same, annoyingly

its so wierd.