Wire your own STEREO Guitar | Stereo Switch Mod

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In this video, I show how you can install stereo wiring into most passive electric guitars and basses. I call this specific implementation the “Stereo Switch Mod”. This kind of mod allows you output each pickup separately, similar to the “Rick-O-Sound” feature on Rickenbackers.
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PARTS:
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00:00 Intro
00:35 History
01:36 Overview & Demo
03:33 What You’ll Need
04:28 Example 1 - 1 Vol & 1 Tone
06:00 Signal Flow Demo
07:12 Example 2 - Les Paul
07:58 Example 3 - J-Bass
08:47 Example 4 - Stratocaster
09:37 Outro

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@codysmith4642 20 дней назад

I don't often comment on videos, but this one was so clear and concise, from the clearness of the tilted pickup demo to the easy to understand signal path descriptions. Your views are criminally low, I hope your channel grows exponentially because you deserve it.

@CV-qy5qi 14 дней назад

I 2nd this comment

@jpj-bagdi 9 дней назад

Absolitely, the production quality is insane!

@reactivelemur846 20 дней назад

This INCREDIBLE video came out 2 days ago and has 374 views? Man you deserve WAY, WAY more

@MistaMahcos 19 дней назад

Appreciate the amount of work it took to script, animate, and recording! Bravo sir!

@Ginkgo_B 23 дня назад

Unbelievably well made, easy to understand, and intuitive video, and is easily the best explanation of any guitar wiring I've seen. Can't wait for the Telecaster video!

@alaricpaley6865 18 дней назад

Hell yeah, great to see this, and I'm glad you included the tilted pickups.

@user-cg2lq8zy5c 18 дней назад

Maaaaan, you are the first one to make entertaining and efficient video for understanding the signal flow of the pickups, thank you

@nitin8595 17 дней назад

The production of this video is so good. Especially the wiring diagrams. Keep up the amazing work!

@spastickitchen 16 дней назад

I've been doing seperate outputs for bridge and neck pickups for a long time. It has a ton of advantages. I also tried balanced wiring, which noticeably reduces unsavory noise, but has the problem of not really being able to plug into any amp without mod'ing the amp significantly in order to take advantage. Anyway, back to stereo/two outputs... you can use an A/B or ABY switch as a pickup selector. This is cool if you want to keep your hands in the playing position. It's also great for recording, especially lead parts, since you can record both pickups isolated, then decide which take (or how to mix both) to use later. I had never thought about tilting one pickup toward bass and the other toward treble- that is a brilliant idea. I also wanted to mention that Parker guitars were stereo equipped as well, with one output for both magnetic pickups and the other dedicated to piezo. I'm sure other piezo-equipped guitars followed suit.

@NestofWeasels 13 дней назад

Wow! Very clear analysis of this obscure topic.

@JamesDierken 19 дней назад

I mentioned on a previous comment that on a jazz bass, a really simple way I was able to achieve stereo was by connecting what were the ground lugs of both volume pots to the ring of the jack. Rolling back either volume with a stereo cable plugged in sends the respective pickup left or right, depending on which you choose. As a benefit, a mono cable works like the mod isn't there, and you can select which pickup is primary and secondary. The downside is you can't kill the volume completely, and you'll get some signal bleed from the other pickup. The switch method is probably better, and I'll use it on a custom bass I'm going to build in the future. Thanks for the vid, it really helped me understand the other ways you can wire stereo :)

@JoywalkerMusic 19 дней назад

Thanks for the comment! I was actually considering including it in this video, but decided to push it back for a future video since I hadn't tested it on my end yet. It's definitely a simpler/easier solution for Jazz Basses. Thanks for bringing up potential downsides, I'll keep an ear out for those!

@jameslifetimelearner 5 часов назад

I already did dual mono hum bucker split coils w/separate tone controls.I unsoldered the existing 3 way selector switch common output.Thanks for the cool suggestions!

@natekelmes 6 дней назад

Great video!! I'm definitely going to try this with a baritone strat that I have been planning on building. Subscribed!!

@randomcommenterurl 7 дней назад

Great diagrams & clear directions. Well done!

@AndrewWukusick 16 дней назад

This was VERY professionally done, I can't wait to see what other videos you put out.

@user-em9pj7pq2m 7 дней назад

This video is so cool, I can't believe this channel only has a few hundred subscribers

@ihorgryniv7777 15 дней назад

How in the living hell did you know right now that I was just looking for a rickosound solution for my Harley Benton Rick copy?? What kind of sorcery is this, subscribed.

@andreylarin 7 дней назад

Super level animation and infographics!

@flatfingertuning727 16 дней назад

In addition to tilting pickups, it's possible to limit which strings a humbucker respond to by placing a piece of soft steel between the two pole pieces under any string which should not be picked up. It won't completely kill the signal from those strings, but will reduce it to the point that it would only be audible when no other strings were playing. On my own guitar, tune G-D-d-f-g#-b, I use the bottom two strings to play the root notes of chords while the top four strings play the rest, and I use soft steel mutes under the treble strings of the bridge humbucker. One of the great things about this "mod" is that the magnets will hold the steel bars in place firmly and reliably, but they can easily be removed if/when desired.

@Veeger 20 дней назад

Great vid. I will try this out. Thanks.

@ArmandoPrado 10 дней назад

Love your stereo vids - wish there were more!

@spunkybrewster1972 18 дней назад

Very, very well done! Sub earned, and I hope the channel takes off. Strong content.

@nobnobnobnob 12 дней назад

This is what I've been asking the internet for years. Finally

@voa.aquino 10 дней назад

Just perfect! New subscriber!

@cdlytle 15 дней назад

Great video Jony. I wish there were more stereo amps out there.

@SiffusVera 23 дня назад

Love the video!

@ZblockWoW 17 дней назад

This video is impressive 👍🏻 Great job.

@kaganozmeric9822 21 день назад

I own a Rickenbacker 4001 bass. Having stereo output is useful generally for recording. In live conditions sound people frown for an extra hassle (this is not a case if you are famous touring musician or a in a resident band of a venue). For a very long time I have been considering adding a stereo output to one or two of my guitars. So, it would be possible to have two pure signals from each pickup without any phase cancellation. Thank you for all the charts and the info, very valuable content

@JoywalkerMusic 20 дней назад

Thanks for sharing your insight! I agree, this mod is way better suited for recording than performing live.

@bizmofunyuns9693 18 дней назад

I really enjoyed this because it was very informative. Im currently working on a bass and guitar build and this video showed me a better and more cost-effective way of reaching my goal. I would love to see a 3 humbucker or quad coil stereo wire up. Bass pickups have such a varying amount of coil arrangements beyond single coil and humbucker and could yield interesting results.

@vikingsofvintageaudio7470 7 дней назад

Man, really great!!😊

@juanvaldez5422 18 дней назад

Subd , glad to find an interesting Organic channel … it’s getting harder to find stuff like this on RU-vid . I’m old enough to remember when RU-vid was user generated and actually fun . Keep up good work

@redmodpedals9100 16 дней назад

super like for all the animations

@conrad5342 6 дней назад

About your example diagrams, I need to add the existence of stereo potentiometers. If you change the master volume poti for a stereo one and adjust the wiring, it would still work as a master value knob.

@teknoaddict9335 2 дня назад

Just what i wanna hear !

@SkinkUA 16 дней назад

this looks really fucking cool

@jregns 11 дней назад

Interesting mods, and great explanations and graphics! Switching the volume pot to a stereo one would enable changing the volume of both channels simultaneously. 🤔 Greetings from Sweden! 🤘🏻

@JoywalkerMusic 11 дней назад

That's true! I might try that out in a future video. Thanks for the comment!

@analogMensch 15 дней назад

A friend of mine made himself a TRRS jack out of two jacks (cause he can't find one in 1/4"), cause he got tired of always having problems with stereo cables on his active guitar.

@MotoGreciaMarios 15 дней назад

Awesome.

@kathrynwhitby9799 5 дней назад

if you can, take a look at the wiring diagram of an original 80s Shergold Modulator. (stereo control plate)

@gipsyredneck 8 дней назад

I had my jazz bass wired series, but stereo is something I always wanted too. I'd buy another just to be able to distort the signal for the neck pickup and keep the bridge one clean. Could it be possible to have both on the same instrument? Also, nice video. Subscribed.

@JoywalkerMusic 8 дней назад

Yep, there shouldn't be any problem with that. Switching may get a little complicated since you'd first need to set your bass to "parallel" mode before the stereo switch could likely work. Assuming you're using a push-pull volume control for series/parallel switching, you'd want to use the other volume pot for the push/pull stereo switch. Alternatively, I'm working on a video about a simpler Jazz Bass stereo mod which might be easier to adapt to your bass. It'll be my next upload.

@worsthandleever 18 дней назад

Nice video. Is there a wiring to send just the EAD string outputs to one channel, and the GBE string outputs to the other?

@JoywalkerMusic 18 дней назад

For that, I’d guess you would need some sort of split pickup. Possibly either a “single coil” that’s actually a couple coils, each wound around half of the pole pieces, or maybe a humbucker with 3 pole pieces removed from the EAD strings on one coil, and 3 removed from the GBE strings on the other coil. You’d want 4-conductor wiring in either case. I’m sure pickups like these exist, but I haven’t come across any specific models that do that yet.

@onbedoeldekut1515 7 дней назад

Instead of just going stereo, have two TRRS output jacks, use two cables and make a footpedal which you can use to do all of your regular guitar switching 'on the floor', whilst also having the ability to use the normal body controls. It could also have stereo outs, as it would essentially just be an extension of the guitar circuit.

@JoywalkerMusic 6 дней назад

That would be a cool pedal to make. There’s definitely advantages to being able to switch pickups with a foot rather than with hands.

@horse_dog 15 дней назад

great video, but i have a quick question. i have a peavey t-40 bass that i think would be great to do this mod on, and in the wiring there’s a switch that’s a phase inverter. would it be possible to change that switch to the stereo switch without changing any of the original hardware? thanks

@JoywalkerMusic 15 дней назад

Thanks! I believe that the phase inverter switch is a DPDT switch, so in theory you can convert it into a stereo switch if you do a bunch of rewiring. However, you'd want to be pretty comfortable with your soldering skills since you'd need to re-solder a lot of the contacts on that small switch.

@JoywalkerMusic 14 дней назад

I should also mention that my next video features a simpler stereo mod for Jazz Basses and other basses with independent volume controls, which I think yours also has. If you want something that requires less soldering, and allows you to keep your phase inverter, stay tuned!

@horse_dog 14 дней назад

@@JoywalkerMusic oh i think that will work swimmingly

@dododingus3787 11 дней назад

Could you, in a 2 humbucker guitar, wire outer coils on one stereo output, and inner coils on the other stereo output? And if so, what would that do for funky tonal options?

@JoywalkerMusic 11 дней назад

That would be really cool to try out! With the humbucker coils placed right next to each-other, I'm curious how different or "wide" they'd sound when split into stereo like that. In theory, you could use a Fender S-1 switch to send one of each of your humbucker coils to the secondary output, and it would also double as a coil-split when you plug in a mono cable.

@dododingus3787 11 дней назад

@@JoywalkerMusic I suppose they would sound similar? But that might open up some options to run two different pedal chains to create a more interesting stereo effect. It might require to wire the coils to have their wire ends separated and not connected to one another?

@JoywalkerMusic 10 дней назад

Yep, you’ll want to make sure you have humbuckers with 4-conductor wiring. One coil needs a wire connected to ground and a wire connected to the main (left) electronics, and the other coil needs a wire also connected to ground and the other one connected to the secondary (right) output.

@grimoire7851 13 дней назад

stereo lot of amps tv recorded only delay channel since stopped you feel it only in stage

@TheHirade 13 дней назад

My Takamine acoustic from the 80 has a pickup with this selection 000000 111222 121212 Best stereo guitar on planet

@onlyusernameleft2 14 дней назад

If nothing else, I would be happy if more pedals and multieffects had TRS stereo outs. I don't want to say too many mean things about guitar players because I am one myself but a small number of people insist on amp-only setups, even for recording. It's 2024, recording guitar direct is the way to go a vast majority of the time but I need 2 cables and hopefully the interface has 2 instrument level inputs. It could be so easy but nope, let the engineers deal with it. And how would it inconvenience them, worst case scenario? They might have to buy a pedal that splits the signal for TS cables😮 (or something like that idk I'm a guitar player) If there's anything I hate as a guitar player, it's buying pedals.

@krattsignup 14 дней назад

Who makes a multi phonic pickup?

@JoywalkerMusic 14 дней назад

That's a good question! I've seen Ultramagnetics demo a stereo guitar pickup at NAMM 2014, but their website is no longer up. Polyguitars currently makes the "Poly Pickup", a 6-channel hexaphonic pickup available at polyguitars.com which I'll be trying out in a future video.

@luukderuijter1332 15 дней назад

The only place where bass tech is way ahead of guitar

@Grishanof 13 дней назад

I'd rather make a tone pot the stereo selector, and replace volume pot with two-channel pot. At least the volume knob would be working as intended, right now your bridge is wired straight to the output and the neck still has 500k pull to the ground which changes its sound a bit.

@JoywalkerMusic 13 дней назад

That's true! While I kept things relatively simple in this video, you could use some sort of dual pot for the volume. In fact, since Bourns makes a dual pot with a push-pull function, you could even do it for the tone as well.

@Grishanof 13 дней назад

@@JoywalkerMusic i can only dream to afford one of those, but it's good to know they even exist. Maybe in a few years when the demand knocks the price down

@viscid09 15 дней назад

This tissue box right next to KRK speaker deserve some credits here 😅

@gaymanisfree 13 дней назад

bros got the cleanex by his pc ready to rumble

@minimoog4236 18 дней назад

Not really stereo, though, is it? Proper stereo would have the bottom E coming out of the left speaker, the top E out of the right and the rest equally spaced between. Like when you stero-mic a piano. This is just individual outs for the pups. Still interesting, but not stereo, But then a 'tremolo' arm doesn't control tremolo, does it?

@juanvaldez5422 18 дней назад

Where’s your mods? Yes , a trem arm controls trem . Why are you like this ?

@minimoog4236 18 дней назад

@@juanvaldez5422 Tremolo is the cyclical variation of loudness. Vibrato is the cyclical variation of pitch. Now, tell me I'm wrong, go on, I dare you. I think it would be amazing to have a real stereo guitar. But this ain't it. At best you could describe it as 'dual mono' with tonal differences L-R.

@Ottophil 18 дней назад

This is a dumb idea too. Stereo guitar should be 2 guitarists. Or one guy double tracked and panned

@mikelundquist4596 17 дней назад

You keep using that word, stereo... I do not think that it means what you think it means. (In my terrible Inego Montoya voice)

@ElrondMcBong. 11 дней назад

Minimoog guy is technically right. Two-channel and stereo are two different things. But with the tilted pickups it becomes more or less stereo. With the pickups straight it‘s „just“ a dual channel guitar. The trem comment was obviously to point out that it doesn‘t really matter anyways. And he‘s right about that too. It‘s technically a vibrato.

@DEWEOS 7 дней назад

Only one pickup is placed on the left channel and one pickup on the right channel. This is not stereo, but mono on two channels. To get a stereo signal, there would have to be a stereo pickup and that is not possible for physical reasons. If so, then what you represent in the video is at most a fake stereo or spatial stereo.