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Willie&Waylon · September 4th, 2009, 09:52 PM

I'm about to start a custom Esquire build with a SD Lil 59 humbucker in the bridge. I want to wire it without a switch, just a volume & tone knob. I want to wire it with the Spin-A-Split method but can't find a definitive diagram/explanation. I see the one on SD's site but I read somewhere there's a better way to do it. Also, I want to do it no-load so I can get the full humbucker effect at 10. GFS also now has a 1Meg no load pot and I'm wondering if using one of those is going to give me even more juice. If so, do I just use that for the volume pot or both tone & volume?

Hackguitarist · September 4th, 2009, 10:08 PM

"just a volume & tone knob"

What knob is going to actuate the Spin a split?

Something to consider use a push/pull that takes the tone pot totally out of the circuit, a must on any Esquire IMO. and don't worry about the no load ?

smsuryan · September 4th, 2009, 10:20 PM

another forum member has a black esquire with a "knob within a knob" just one is recessed further than the other...dont know where he found that but its the sweetest esquire mod imo...

September 4th, 2009, 09:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Willie&Waylon TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Age: 36 Posts: 70	Spin-A-Split Wiring for Esquire humbucker...help I'm about to start a custom Esquire build with a SD Lil 59 humbucker in the bridge. I want to wire it without a switch, just a volume & tone knob. I want to wire it with the Spin-A-Split method but can't find a definitive diagram/explanation. I see the one on SD's site but I read somewhere there's a better way to do it. Also, I want to do it no-load so I can get the full humbucker effect at 10. GFS also now has a 1Meg no load pot and I'm wondering if using one of those is going to give me even more juice. If so, do I just use that for the volume pot or both tone & volume? __________________ Sometimes nothin's a pretty cool hand...

September 4th, 2009, 10:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
smsuryan Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Missouri Age: 34 Posts: 1,166	another forum member has a black esquire with a "knob within a knob" just one is recessed further than the other...dont know where he found that but its the sweetest esquire mod imo... __________________ "I have loved some ladies, and I have loved jim beam, and they both tried to kill me, in 1973." -Hank

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September 4th, 2009, 10:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Hackguitarist Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kerfuffle Posts: 605	"just a volume & tone knob" What knob is going to actuate the Spin a split? Something to consider use a push/pull that takes the tone pot totally out of the circuit, a must on any Esquire IMO. and don't worry about the no load ?

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