hello some guitar enquiries about guitar need help

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Hello guys i'm would like to know what does a direct mini switch does ? When i turn it on the .Volume knob will not have effect , does it split the pickups ?thanks
 
i'm asking what does the mini direct switch does .. My guitar have a direct mini switch built in and the normal 3 way selector switch .... what is the function of the direct mini switch ?
 
just activate the switch, try these

1) If it bypass the volume pot, you will know it, by turning the volume pot with the guitar plugged into amp and you strum any strings, there wont be any effect of the volume increase and decrease. Aka, you have no volume control, its full volume all the way

2) If if split pickup, then usually it will be a humbucker(you cant split single coil pickup). And if the switch do those coil spllitting thingy, with guitar plugged into amp and you play any strings, the volume is softer(coz you already split a humbucker) and thinner sounding(aka a single coil pickup now)

anyway, the above 2 just 2 of the many many possibilities of what a switch can do in geetar wiring circuit.

The only way to find out what it does(other then telling us what is the model of the guitar and if the direct switch is stock as you bought it first hand) is to find guitar tech open the thing up and trace out. Then you will know what exactly the switch is for

A switch is a switch, to enable on/off. But with the different way of wiring, you can do different type of "on and off". So in general, we dont know, wont know, what a direct switch is, from just the word "direct switch" without any background info.
 
hi there, when the switch is activated , just like what you mention on 1. i've no control on the volume knob the volume just goes to the max ..so what is the point of this ? :confused: thanks alot
 
its supposed to do a "no load" state. You can try to google for this term, "no load pot". The difference is that your guitar use the switch while some used a no load pot, to do the same thing.

Basically the direct switch just there to removed the volume pot between the pickup and output jack, to give a slightly more brighter sound/louder sound.

Another way to use it, is as a kill switch

Anyway, if you dont use much of the volume pot, the direct switch can be useful. If you like to do volume swell and stuff, then yeah direct switch is redundant. And if you dont use much of the switch, it can be easily re configure to do other things. Check with guitar tech for it.
 
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