Unconventional Rhythm Circuit Mods
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Unconventional Rhythm Circuit Mods
Hello Offset World,
Listen, i've just acquired a J Mascis Squire for dirt cheap and want to mod it a bit.
Particularly, i'm looking for some advice when it comes to the rhythm circuit. I know there are a few existing threads discussing this, but i've yet to find what i'm after. In short i want something unconventional/stupid.
Along the lines of noise effects, ring modulators, feedback loops, oscillators, etc. Something grossly stupid
Possible?
Any ideas? Must be passive.
Thank You!
Listen, i've just acquired a J Mascis Squire for dirt cheap and want to mod it a bit.
Particularly, i'm looking for some advice when it comes to the rhythm circuit. I know there are a few existing threads discussing this, but i've yet to find what i'm after. In short i want something unconventional/stupid.
Along the lines of noise effects, ring modulators, feedback loops, oscillators, etc. Something grossly stupid
Possible?
Any ideas? Must be passive.
Thank You!
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Re: Unconventional Rhythm Circuit Mods
The only one of those you can do passive is ring mod but you also need an oscillator or the like and probably some make up gain, so that's a lost cause.
You have tone controls, volume controls, mute switches and other switches bridging bits of your guitars circuitry and distortion like the black ice. So rather standard fare, there is just not much you can do with passive.
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Re: Unconventional Rhythm Circuit Mods
Are you planning on keeping the stock pickups?
There's TONS of great passive things you can do with interesting pickups. You can have tapped pickups wound (e.g. taps at 6k, 8k, 10k) and switch or dial between them, you can split coils if you put humbuckers in there, etc.
I have a Jaguar with Electric XII pickups and I have coil switching in the rhythm circuit using a Faction plate for two mustang switches, where I can select the bass strings, treble strings, or full pickup for each of the neck and bridge "pairs".
You can also keep the stock pickups and rewire it as PTB (passive treble and bass).
There's TONS of great passive things you can do with interesting pickups. You can have tapped pickups wound (e.g. taps at 6k, 8k, 10k) and switch or dial between them, you can split coils if you put humbuckers in there, etc.
I have a Jaguar with Electric XII pickups and I have coil switching in the rhythm circuit using a Faction plate for two mustang switches, where I can select the bass strings, treble strings, or full pickup for each of the neck and bridge "pairs".
You can also keep the stock pickups and rewire it as PTB (passive treble and bass).
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Re: Unconventional Rhythm Circuit Mods
I once put a Atari Punk Console in the rhythm circuit of a jazzmaster. It's not passive but they don't eat a lot of batteries and you can put the battery in the cavity between pickup toggle and volume pot easily. It's worth it.
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Re: Unconventional Rhythm Circuit Mods
You might want to look at some version of the Tornipulator circuit. I think parts of it are passive like the kill and ground loop, but not sure.
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Re: Unconventional Rhythm Circuit Mods
I’ve always been fascinated with the Tornipulator setup.
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Re: Unconventional Rhythm Circuit Mods
I'm unfamiliar with that. What does it do?postpostrock wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:56 amI’ve always been fascinated with the Tornipulator setup.
Pickup Switching Mad Scientist
http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=104282&p=1438384#p1438384
http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=104282&p=1438384#p1438384
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Re: Unconventional Rhythm Circuit Mods
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Not sure about your rhythm circuit specific mods but here are some mods you can do with push/pull or toggles. Maybe add a chicken head knob on a rotary switch and build a few of these into it.
Arlo Cocked Wah (like having the wah set half open -- great for distortion). I have this circuit hard-wired to the bridge pickup on a humbucker guitar I have.
http://www.tdpri.com/threads/tone-contr ... st-7212586
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fZD3Rqg3G0
Tone Fiend Bass Contour (similar to Reverend)
http://tonefiend.com/guitar/two-band-pt ... p-awesome/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVC-Fj9Lz-s
Passive system clone of a 'Black Ice'
https://www.instructables.com/id/Passiv ... Black-Ice/
demo here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMAhmyyvR_g
Powered - "7 minute fuzz" Bazz Fuss circuit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv5iQ_aenX8
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Not sure about your rhythm circuit specific mods but here are some mods you can do with push/pull or toggles. Maybe add a chicken head knob on a rotary switch and build a few of these into it.
Arlo Cocked Wah (like having the wah set half open -- great for distortion). I have this circuit hard-wired to the bridge pickup on a humbucker guitar I have.
http://www.tdpri.com/threads/tone-contr ... st-7212586
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fZD3Rqg3G0
Tone Fiend Bass Contour (similar to Reverend)
http://tonefiend.com/guitar/two-band-pt ... p-awesome/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVC-Fj9Lz-s
Passive system clone of a 'Black Ice'
https://www.instructables.com/id/Passiv ... Black-Ice/
demo here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMAhmyyvR_g
Powered - "7 minute fuzz" Bazz Fuss circuit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv5iQ_aenX8
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Re: Unconventional Rhythm Circuit Mods
Its basically got a noise generator, a kill switch, and some other functionality that is neat. Check it out on youtube. There is a guitar maker or two that use that setup on their guitars. Shelton Instruments comes to mind, unless I'm mistaken.Shadoweclipse13 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:51 amI'm unfamiliar with that. What does it do?postpostrock wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:56 amI’ve always been fascinated with the Tornipulator setup.
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Re: Unconventional Rhythm Circuit Mods
Dan Phelps has a few guitars with them. I Iike his Guitar Friends videos on teh ‘tube.postpostrock wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:57 amIts basically got a noise generator, a kill switch, and some other functionality that is neat. Check it out on youtube. There is a guitar maker or two that use that setup on their guitars. Shelton Instruments comes to mind, unless I'm mistaken.Shadoweclipse13 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:51 amI'm unfamiliar with that. What does it do?postpostrock wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 7:56 amI’ve always been fascinated with the Tornipulator setup.
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Re: Unconventional Rhythm Circuit Mods
This is also where I became familiar with it. Found his channel lusting after Benson amps.marqueemoon wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:43 pmDan Phelps has a few guitars with them. I Iike his Guitar Friends videos on teh ‘tube.postpostrock wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:57 amIts basically got a noise generator, a kill switch, and some other functionality that is neat. Check it out on youtube. There is a guitar maker or two that use that setup on their guitars. Shelton Instruments comes to mind, unless I'm mistaken.