Is The Seymour Duncan Hyperswitch A Gimmick
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- Опубліковано 7 тра 2023
- The Seymour Duncan Hyperswitch Is a very cool upgrade
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Of course, Dylan uploads his video while mine is still rendering. I'll watch this one while I wait :).
LoL!
I’ll maybe watch yours too, Dr. Fludd, but my guess your video is twice as long. Lol
I watched yours first. Good stuff, very informative!
Crazy that we spent decades trying to eliminate rfi and emi in the cavity, just to end up throwing a Bluetooth device inside
Can I like this comment twice?
the bluetooth is switched on only when you need to program it
@@larrysteinke1839LOL, people are so knee jerk reaction aren't they? As if nobody tested this out before they mass produced it.
Now, if Fishman would come out with something similar, that would work with their active electronics. You have the high frequency tilt, gain reduction, and multiple voices along with coil splitting options. Having something like this available like that would be amaze balls. Instead of needing 64 switches installed on your guitar. Throw in a parametric equalizer, and the ability to customize the frequency range of your tone controls in the app and you pretty much got anything on tap.
It's coming soon I'm sure. But yes, I absolutely agree. Typically, with these kinds of inventions, someone will come along and make it better. Sooner rather than later. Ahhh capitalism! 😜
Oh yes please!
It’s probably also a marketing thing, the technology definitely exists at this point. They could create a pickup that has no actual voice of its own, more or less allowing all frequencies through. Build the preamp with software that can be accessed through an app via Bluetooth. It could have a software-based 10 band parametric eq and that would totally eliminate the need for signature pickups. You could just download the artists eq settings/voicing or just customize your own. But, then again, they probably wouldn’t sell very many sig pups at that point.
@@Beautiful_Evil This reminds me of Fishman Fluence pups. They don't have a voice, per se, which is why they need a battery to activate them. And you are probably right about Duncan not selling many signature pups from then on. Although, you sell the sizzle, not the steak, right?! So if they market things correctly, we could see specialized pickups that work exceedingly well in this environment. I especially like your idea about the parametric EQ. I'd keep an eye on Fishman with this technology. Their pickups are almost already there. I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't working on something that allows you to "voice" your own pickups even as we speak! Line 6 and Positive Grid have some interesting tech that is currently doing stuff like this. Have your favorite guitar sound exactly like a '61 Strat, or '59 Burst with the flip of a switch. Pretty exciting times! Cheers mate!!
shit, just put an amp sim in it and call it done.
That switch is pretty slick. Quite alot of possible combo's. This would be cool for someone who likes to experiment with pickups or likes to tinker with guitar sounds.
That’s what I thought when I saw it. It can be used as a tool so experiment with sounds the. Install a regular switch and cap.
It's definitely cool. I like how the companies are starting to use the technology to advance our beloved instruments. I don't think I will probably ever use one because it doesn't really offer features I care about too much. But it's totally cool and I think people will love it!
If you love your Gibson robot Guitar so much - why don’t you marry it?
@@tvviewer4500 😂 Because the AI integration isn’t good enough yet but soon maybe I WILL 😳😂✌🏻
I don't think this is something for me, but I have to admit that it's amazing that brands are actually trying to innovate a bit in the guitar space. I think it might be an outstanding feature to pair with triple-shot P-rails. Imagine the versatility that would bring
Great job, Dylan.
This switch did poke at my curiosity.
Then again, I am not your typical guitar luddite. I dig new ideas.
I’m a metal head and I watch a lot of your videos for knowledge and understanding of the Physics behind pickups(widing purposes,polarities,building guitars
,etc.) and this just convinced me to get this as I been contemplating but really didn’t see someone get in dept with this,and you just sold me to get this.Personally for example the Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Brandon Ellis Parallel Axis “DYAD” is very high output humbucker measuring roughly 18omhs of Resistance very high output being a hybrid of a Custom shop Crazy 8 North Coil,PATB Distortion south coil,and a SD Warren Dimartini Rattus Tonius Maximus signature pickup’s Alnico 2 magnet bar (aka the RTM), what’s interesting is that it’s originally a Bridge humbucker that can be flipped where the North coil can be place closer towards the bridge and have the south coil closer to the neck and can be flipped Vice versa,and it’s a very articulate humbucker let me tell you.
and so I had the MJ make me a matching output Neck Version so I can play with the limitless tones and this “Hyper Switch” just made it a tone easier to check this out.
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I might not get one of these, but I reckon this a great product, a totally reasonable price, and a nice execution. It’s not for everyone, but it should appeal to a lot of people. Respect to SD for this innovation.
That's cool man. I'd love to see the options on an HH configuration.
Changing the battery seems like a pain. It would be nice to have a rechargeable option like the Fluences. Otherwise, I like the tonal flexibility and solderless tech.
You could probably just wire this to their strat backplate or universal charging port
Looks awesome. It makes sense since there is a percentage of guitarists who don’t use the pickups the standard way. Some guitarists hate the middle pickup so it could be reset to alter it
Good rundown Dylan. Thanks!
wonderful thing! i'm definitely putting this in my dream guitar build!
That colour of your Strat is A M A Z I N G....
Mystic Surf.
With a battery box, sure. If I have to take the pickguard off to change the battery I'm not so into it.
You can install a battery box.
I would like to see if this could be put into a Les Paul or any other two humbucker guitar. The idea of having 5 switch positions rather than 3, with some being for coil splits, is fantastic. Particularly, selecting either the tone bypass or the extra capacitor for each of those setups.
Thanks for the review, definitely picking a couple of these up, I would like to throw one in a Jem and a strat project I have been putting together.
This is actually pretty cool to use as a tester for your pickups. Basically try any type of strat pickup configuration, determine what you like, and then hard wire to this specific configuration for a specific set of pickups.
Some combinations would require special 5 way switches and complementary toggles etc so IMO it would be better to just leave the hyperswitch installed.
I think the tech and features are cool, but depending on how quickly the battery drains it is a pain in the butt to have to take the pickguard off the guitar to change the battery. Potentially, you would have to take the strings off to get enough room to get the pickguard off and your fingers in there to change the battery.
A couple of my guitars, due to the fretboard overhang, I have to take the neck off to get the pickguard off. Definitely wouldn't install this on those.
You can always have a battery compartment made. I am going to. I am not a believer that less wood equates to less sustain or tone. I built a Tele from reclaimed barn wood and sustain and tone for days compared to my 10lb les paul
@@daveg4236 I think adding a battery compartment is the way to go (not worried about removing wood), but that is no small task and most people do not have the equipment or the skill to do this properly themselves. The switch costs $150, but to add a battery compartment route and the wiring route would easily cost 2x the cost of the switch or more. This becomes more than a quick upgrade to add a new switch. In addition, when you are talking about most mid-range guitars costing in the $1000-$1500 range, you are adding 30%-50% of the cost of your guitar for a switch. That is kind of high in my book. This is getting into the realm of what it costs to add an Evertune bridge. Not sure the switch is worth all that effort and cost.
For guitars with a back cavity, this is less of an issue as long as you can fit the battery in your existing cavity. Strats and other guitars where all the electronics are under the pickguard, you have an expensive and time-consuming task ahead.
I'm the kind of a person who may actually be getting one of these. I've had my HH rewired three times, definitely use the serial/parallel switching, looking forward to install a middle S and all that kind of things. Totally agree it's the first time in a long time something actually new is being brought to the market
Super cool stuff! Thanks for the video!
At first I was all fired up about this, but after reading the fine print they totally dropped the ball. They missed the single most useful option that you can do you a humbucker: a simple series parallel switch to get a real close approximation of single coil tone while still humbucking. Instead you get two parallel but out of phase options, normal or reverse wired. They both sound identical unless mixed with another pickup. A simple parallel option offers a light clean single coil tone with no hum. IMO a far more useful option than a second out of phase option that requires a second pickup to do anything.
Great demo, thank you.
Good stuff Dylan. Also miss you your intro song.
Its a cool gizmo but I find keeping a phone handy for making tone adjustments to be very impractical. It solves the ease of installation problem and then creates a separate UI access problem. A 10-way blade switch from Freeway covers almost everything this does for $60 so long as you can follow a diagram and use a soldering iron. Now its all shift on the fly. I've recently installed one for HP90H that does all the coil splitting and results in strat wiring on one rail and every HH or HP combo on the other rail and its intuitive and makes sense. Let's face it, us modders will learn to solder eventually as a matter of necessity.
I used to love firing up the soldering iron and doing some pickup alchemy. Now, at 53, my eyes hurt trying to do fine work like that, and my hands aren't as steady either. The notion of being able to swap pickups with easy connectors almost has me sold. The fact that I can actually try out the ridiculous wiring schemes I've contemplated but didn't have the patience to engineer or execute, is like a dream come true. ALL of the options, without the hassle, except to change a battery. Sold. I hope they come up with a similar 4 way toggle for LP types. that
And you don't need your phone to make make any tone adjustments you made before. You only need your phone to reconfigure the pickups. Before this, I would need my phone to look up the schematics. Now it does everything for me.
I was going to bring up the freeway switch. I'm doing a strat build now where I'm going to install one. And I think I got the switch for $42
@@christianfoster3806 you need your phone to toggle the 5 presets you make which each give you a 5 way switch
I am working on a project Warmoth build. It is a bit of an odd bird with Mini-HUM / HUM (wood mount) / Mini-HUM pickup configuration. I decided to go with Seymour Duncan Antiquity II mini-hum buckers for the bridge and neck, and the Seymour Duncan P-Rail (neck RWRP) for the middle humbucker. I took a chance and decided to get this pricey SD Hyperswitch for maximum flexibility and tonal possibilities. Well see how it goes. Hoping to get some cool Jerry Garcia clean tones!
I welcome any feedback (pun intended), for ideas on how the Hyperswitch can function with these pickups. Especially a P-Rail in the middle posish,...with a Seymour Duncan Triple Shot flat mount and its switches too!
I’d say I’d be fully in if it would switch to series with the middle pickup, giving more of a humbucker sound. Seems doable.
the switch is probably using a microprocessor chip, making it programmable through blue-tooth via the app... Very cool concept. the price is probably due to R&D costs and the code written into the processor and memory... ask Seymor Duncan if I'm right.
I don't play three pickup guitars, but if I did, I would absolutely be sold on putting one of them in at least one of my guitars. Quite a cool new bit of innovation for something so old as a selector switch!
I use 23A batteries and they're way smaller than the 9V. If you have a strat, I would recommend you put it in the spring cavity; that's where I put mine when I installed a preamp, and I used a 23A. Give it a shot. They're 12V but they just might work.
I think it would be easy to build a rechargeable battery pack.
Love the video Dylan! I'm curious if you think this will work with my PRS Special 22 Semihollow. The Special has 3 pickups with 58/15 in the neck and bridge and the narrowfield in the middle. It looks like the screw holes on the switch are the same diameter apart as a 5 way of a Strat. I'd love to be able to isolate the middle narrowfield pup by itself, especially. Thanks again.
Hahahaha…I am that “leave it on the bridge” pickup guy🤣
I'm the same. Bridge for rhythm, neck for certain leads and clean rhythm sounds. I don't use anything else really.
Those pick ups sound great!
Thanks Dylan.
I’m pretty sure you aren’t wearing pants. So naturally, I subscribed
If he has a tattoo on his leg, he should show it
You nailed it on the head with the battery thing. Except, if I know batteries, you can probably cut those numbers in half. My worst nightmare with this thing, which is pretty rad, is the battery exploding behind the pickguard. I like the battery life indicator even though batteries are the worst!
2,100 hours...
Awesome review of the Strat using the Hyperswitch! Using bluetooth beats DIP switches big time. The drawback of having a battery (or PCB) failing at a bad time seems less important than what functionality this can provide when it works. With phase reversal and parallel/serial on humbuckers, does this make the Seymour Duncan Tripleshot ring switch obsolete?
I put Triple Shots on all my guitars, as well as a DPDT phase switch on the neck, killswitch on the bridge pickup, and tone knob. I don't like having to use this product with a phone, although I see why a phone is used to facilitate all the switching options. If this could somehow be incorporated into a guitar (including HH 3 way toggle guitar) without the use of a phone and software, I would be sold on it.
Edit: Just find a way to add a Kaos Pad, Sustainiac, and Graphtech Ghost system with Floyd Rose as well. I think I'm looking for a MIDI controller that can also be used as a guitar more than just a guitar with lots of switching options.
Aaron
Seymour Duncan is from south New Jersey living in California but I’m glad he still has his south Jersey/ Philly accent when he speaks
I definitely want one of these, I wonder how well it would work with FIshman Fluences (at least there's already a battery in the gutar :)
The Free-Way Blade switch is much better, it doesn't need any telephon app, any bluetooth connection, any battery, it guarantees immediate use and it works great !
This seems amazing.
With any SSS configured guitar the question that needs to be asked is: what happens to hiss splutter and fart noise levels?
(I am a strat user) Agreed about progress but what is being tackled, hopefully withouit adding extraneous noise, is management of three single coil pickups in terms of priority, placement, phasing, sequencing (I mean changing 13 to 31 if you know what I mean or 132 to 123).
In early days I suppose that was done with 1950s-1960s valve amps and a three postion switch then "okay" eventually a 5-way position switch.
The possible combinations if huge if not in terms of numbers then in terms audible appreciation (hmmm = nice word!)
So say 3³ = 27 arrangements? Those can be phase reversed and I have always wondered what a phase reversed single coil would sound like in terms of intended noise and extraneous/unwanted noise.
For example if wired sysem means pup 1 is first and pup2 second 3rd pup third what would happen if priority was chaged to 231 or 312 or 132 or 321 or 213 rather than limited to fixed arrangement 123 - don't encourage me to consider volume controls on each pup as well 🙂.
I am not saying difference will be noticable or beneficial but I am curious and conclude:
This digital development is worthwhile but it is still in naive early stages in terms of user experience, controllability and usefulness.
Interim conclusion:
This a lot more work needs to be done and if the end result is an even sweeter sounding strat what harm is there in that?
Then extension to humbuckers with additional (?) complexity of split coils/phasing and also onto Ibanez (eye-ban-ezz or eee-ban-eth?) HSH seems positively amazing.
Thus endeth this exposition
No gimmick!! I recently built an entire guitar around this switch. I've had a set of Seymour Duncan "Everything Axe" (single coil sized hum buckers) laying around doing nothing for several years...pulled out of a MIM strat, and they didn't sound right in that guitar as wired. When I saw this product, I thought that this could be a match made in heaven. Guess what? Yes!!! This switch shines with these strat sized humbuckers. FYI, I used 500K pots and 0.047uF caps. For you who don't solder or do your own guitar wiring, the switch is fiddley. The connection points are tiny. I ended up tinning all the pickup wires before attaching them. Made it so much easier. Just a tip.
PS, put the battery behind the trem block, seeing as the guitar has a thin import block. (used a bit of "earthquake hold" puddy to keep it in place.) Finally, these cheap things are good for something!
I have a strat I built with axe everything and ordered this as well. Going to be fun
@@daveg4236 The Hyperswitch will make things more versatile for sure. Yet I still find this SD set of pickups missing something for me personally. I like the neck pickup, and I wired the middle Duckbucker in series, which gave it more meat. But the bridge PU is un-inspiring. I'm thinking of replacing it with a full sized humbucker.
@@sveablu full sized definitely more bite, but I just grab a different guitar for that
I hate single coil hum, so this really has me interested. Can you simulate Brian May's Red Special by combining single coils in series? I'd like to take a strat and have P1 the bridge and middle in series, P2 bridge and mid in parallel, P3 bridge and neck in series, P4 mid and neck in parallel, and P5 mid and neck in series. All positions humbucking. Also, with humbuckers, can it do series/parallel switching instead of coil splitting?
I had wired up a cheap 'super strat' copy with 8 toggle switches. 4 three throw 2 pole switches for off, in phase and out of phase and 4 four pole 2 throw switches for parallel or series. So I could do pretty much what the hyperswitch could do. But it hummed like crazy.
I have a fender american pro 2 and this guitar doesn't need the hyperswitch. It already has a push / push knob that allows you to get the bridge with the neck pick up or all three with position 2. I feel like the switch is almost pointless on this particular guitar. Love the demo anyway Dylan, thanks!
It would be nice if you could also preset a volume for each of the pickups, so that one pickup could just be partially there, which would be cool if it was out of phase but not full strength
Nice review. It has some interesting features and will be great for some folks, although it's not my cup of tea. My only question is when does Seymour Duncan charge a monthly fee to use the App? So many companies seem to end up doing that. Doubt they would but....
your point is really valid. GuitarTuna pulled that stunt on me and now I don't use it period.
@@michaelmenkes8085 Yep. I was being serious. Changing fees for apps is becoming common place. I'm curious as to how long the switch lasts too. I have instruments that have 30 and 40 year old switches that work fine. $150 is more than I'd ever pay when I can hardwire a solid 5-way for 12 to 25 bucks and know it will last a long time.
great video and review as always Dylan.. sadly im the bridge pickup only guy lol
Any good diagrams for 5 way selector switch. SSH ibanez 1 vol and 1 tone. I am asking because i am having difficulty wiring it properly. Keep up with the awesome videos.
Ive seen setups that run 9v using a stereo plug with the audio on one channel and 9v on the other. Requires an external source to add the power in but that could be just a box on your pedalboard.
Oh dude I just got my pickup put in a little bit ago I've been jamming center punch pickup killer. Damn now need $150 switch that's pretty freaking cool😮
I don't have a use for one yet. Not sure when, but I'll need a Dylan Super 8 bridge pickup first.
I have their triple shot humbucker rings and like them a lot. I'm glad there's no app in this case
Have to get these classic 5s before the switch
In order to get the most from the Hyperswitch you should have a set of 3 strat sized humbuckers.
Thanks for the info.What if the battery goes down or I dont have the app at a given time.Will the switch still work?
Nice green color on that strat. The idea of another bluetooth thingy is a bummer.
This switch is really cool, and I can't wait to see the HSH config you mentioned.
The 9v requirement is annoying, but there's a much larger concern that I have. Namely, what happens if the app is no longer maintained. This is likely not a product that will sell high numbers so its continued production isn't guaranteed. Once the product is discontinued, it's unreasonable to expect the app to continue to be updated for very long. If a later iOS or Android update breaks compatibility, how is one to use the switch?
Don't trade-in your current device ;)
No parallel coils on a humbucker unless they are out of phase, and no putting two or more pickups in series - I'll wait for the next version
That guitar color is far out, loved the sounds; so cool!
I like using the Freeway Super Switch or a push pull to add more sounds. Not sure this would be more useful for me
I think this would be even better if you paired it with some Robo Tuners
If you had a guitar with a battery compartment all ready in it, could you use that for the battery placement for the switch?
I got one for a strat, to be able to run HSH configuration with PRS humbuckers and a Suhr V60 in the middle. Otherwise, the wiring would have been really annoying to get all the options I'd get from this.
This product is brilliant
I don't know about that thing. Someone hacks into your phone, and then they can hack into your guitar, and steal all the tone. We're living in a world now where they don't even want you to play your guitar without being dependent on or having to own a cell phone.
They sell tin foil hats on Amazon if you need one
Maybe one switch setting could be direct to Amazon….
@@DylanTalksTone "What's he saying Robin?"
Odds are pretty good anyone of us will endure a "SIM hijack" long before a direct phone hack. In either event our guitar will be the least of our worries.
A very low power Bluetooth transceiver is used so they would not only enable the Bluetooth mode and also be in close proximity to the performer.
I put Triple Shots on all my guitars, as well as a DPDT phase switch on the neck, killswitch on the bridge pickup, and tone knob. I don't like having to use this product with a phone, although I see why a phone is used to facilitate all the switching options. If this could somehow be incorporated into a guitar (including HH 3 way toggle guitar) without the use of a phone and software, I would be sold on it.
Edit: Just find a way to add a Kaos Pad, Sustainiac, and Graphtech Ghost system with Floyd Rose as well. I think I'm looking for a MIDI controller that can also be used as a guitar more than just a guitar with lots of switching options.
Aaron
Fender did something similar to this with the 2014 Stratocaster Dlx Plus and personality cards.
very cool
I wonder if the back trem cavity has enough space for the battery.
you could widen and feed the battery cable through the hole that feeds the ground wire to the claw, and have the battery velcro'ed in the back for ease of access.
This seems unusable though in telecasters as i think the cavity is too small if you have cts pots, and les pauls sgs and fkying vs because of the switch type and its location and bring mounted through the wood etc. many other fender models guitar types for similar reasons as you would have to modify the pickguard or dremel the cavities to fit the battery, i.e the jazzmaster
Seems cool for strat types though
I don't think I'd put the battery in a place that I have to remove the strings and pickguard to change it. I'd probably run some wires back to the bridge cavity in the back and make it easier to switch out. I would hate to be going on stage in 3 minutes and realize that the battery is about to die.
I just installed a Freeway 10-way switch in my Strat and love it. I didn't think I would use it much or that I was just falling for a gimmick. I also wired in a phase shift on the neck pickup to cancel noise when on the neck and bridge PUs. The tone is amazing and quite original sounding. So I have a total of 13 tones not counting messing with volume and tone controls. Surprisingly, I use them all! At $50, the Freeway was a better option for me.
I still like this concept and would be curious to give it a try. The more different tones I can get out of one guitar, the less $$$ I need to spend on guitars.
Can all 3 vintage single coils together be set up in series rather than parallel with this switch? Thank you for your time.
2100 hours! WOW! If had the right Strat, I would wait a month until I got my settings down and install the second one and probably install the third when Duracell says the second one expires! I do not like the plastic knob is non-standard. Might it be 4.0mm instead 3.5mm? 4.0mm fits the Chibson Les Paul-way three switch, I think.
good in theory and on paper but back to the drawing board. no solder? noise thru app? plus any number of other problems. cant imagine many pros using it live.... but i imagine they could still sell alot for awhile just as a novelty.
Wondering about using a treble bleed circuit in conjunction with the hyperswitch..... Thoughts?
Would this work on a Levinson Blade that is powered with a 9v battery for its active electronics, and the battery is a bit easier to access.
All good but WHAT if you have the one guitar at a gig, and the battery goes flat ?
In my Strat I currently use several switches enabling 20 wiring options and I use a lot of them. Any way to go to different profiles without the app? Combine multiple switches?
??? Het Dil! can you use the rechargeable back plate instead of the battery? Thanks for the vid!
Now they just need to add midi over bluetooth to it and you could have pickup selections match your patches.
My preferred solution would be to get a pickguard lacking a switch slot, drill 6 switch holes and wire it like the red special. Much cheaper, and then you have ALL the choices on board…. Without a battery…..But thats just me. 🤷🏻♂️
There is a special place in hell for people who link guitars to apps.
Not my cup of tea but interested to know if app and device settings are retained through memory or not when the battery does in fact get swapped out?
programable bluetooth smartselector. pickup selection, coil split, and phase. does the same thing as 3 on/offs, 3 splits, and 2 phase switches. actually less, cause it'll only do 5 voices at once. The switches will do all the voices with no re-programing, no smartphone, and no phone charger required.
installed mine, cannot get the phone and the switch to connect. I wonder if cavity shielding might block the Bluetooth signal.
What turns the battery power on or off? Do I need to make sure it’s unplugged when I’m not playing?
No. There is a auto turn off feature if the switch stay in the same position for an X time. The time is configurable from the app. Move by 1 position or m ore to wake up.
what they used for actual switching? I heard it's analog and stuff, but it's not a bulky relay unit, it must fit in a guitar so... :D also the sound doesn't degrade and quality of the switch doesn't affect the tone because it's only sending command signals.
Much prefer the freeway switch that gives you 10 tones at all times and no battery needed. Also what happens when the battery dies? Does it go back to factory settings?
It's like a patch board on a modular synth.
You said that it can change the taper of pots.. It would be cool if it could change the value, of let's say a 1m pot to 500k or 500k to 250k to mix and match pickups that normally wouldn't play nice together, such as when matching single coils and humbuckers.
Also, I don't know why one wouldn't want to implement this but... Pickup switching via witwls modo using Bluetooth is something I've thought about, to go straight from cleans using position 4 on a strat to distortion using a bridge humbucker, or vice-versa, with a stomp of a footswitch. I guess that might kill the battery faster... But if this thing can change wiring in the fly, it should certainly be capable, even if needing a little extra...
Oh yeah.. You could even flip the whole thing on its head and make the selector switch change midi presets on other gear.. No need to be near your pedals then!
You could the call it the LUDICROUS Switch. 😂
Technical and for those who love electronics it is wonderful switch...but knowing the guitarists it will not be everyone's cup of thee...
until someone makes everyone's favorite record with one then they will be 3x on the used market
@@towardstar ...will never happen.
@@Steinstra-vj7wl no one thought the bad monkey was gonna have its day either
Man! I have always loved the Strat sound. I find them really tough to play….that volume knob is just in a bad place for the way I play. I find myself bumping that volume knob ALL THE TIME. I’ve been playin for awhile…so not really gonna change the way my right hand works….so … No Strat for Dave. :-(
Just move the volume knob to a different position. It's what I do
@@daveg4236 Yeah. I had an ace guitar tech suggest this to me. Would love to see pics of the conversions you’ve done. Breaks my head trying to decide where I would put the volume knob, on the pickguard. Guess I could buy a group of inexpensive pick guards and experiment on them. Thanks for your response!
@@GByePorkPieHat I just moved volume to be at 3rd position on strat. I didn't modify the pickguard. Just moved wiring
Just a nitpick but you can’t really say 2100 hours if they recommend changing it at 60% lol. Still inclined to get one for my Strandberg - I’d love to be able to easily get single coil tones from it.
That is according to the documentation …. And that is running it until 65%
I'm just curious, can you set a position to have no pickups on and use it as a kill switch?
I have a modded switch in my strat so that my position 3 is neck/bridge but it would be cool to be able to experiment with other combinations.
Yes you can
Trying to find the video of the Hyper Switch install on a telecaster
When you say tone bypassed, do you mean it's like having a single pickup guitar straight to jack?
What are your thoughts Dylan on the lack of regular parallel settings? It seems in the manual you can only select parallel in combination with out of phase. Any chance you can explain why this as a choice in the design?
I can appreciate remembering the tone knob for session gigs for a certain sound. Most intuitively a Jazzy neck sound.
Is the 65% 2100 hours or 65% of 2100 hours giving you 1365 hours instead? Companies are often creative with statistics
Currently I'm trying to explore the best option of 3x 4 conductor pickups. In my case Dimarzio D-Activator X bridge, Fast Track 1 middle and Chopper neck. Which would create tons of tones with 6 coils but super sad no parallel love....
so if I cycle the switch it's going to try to go into pairing mode?
Can it put pickups in series?