Installing Killswitch On A Budget
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2016
- How to install a killswitch on a budget.
Tools you'll need..
1/2 inch drill bit = $10
circular file = $10
soldering iron = $10
solder = $2.50
Paying someone else...
14 days without your guitar
$60-$100 labor
They may also insist on using their killswitches or have a buddy that they want you to buy a killswitch from
A chance that they could fuck up your guitar
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Shoutout to Iron Age Accessories for the really great Killswitches and guitar picks. They work fantastically. Check them out if you're looking for a great, affordable killswitch.
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Background music is Phil Solo. Check him out. He just dropped a new record! / philipsolotv
I appreciate the 'on a budget' mentality. Great video thanks!
Hey, if you want to make your solder joint look smooth, turn up the heat, hold the wire in place, then hold the iron on that solder joint until it liquefies, then lift your iron off. It should leave a nice finish. But really, you should always "tin" the end of your iron first, this is done by heating up the iron, taking solder(rosincore solder) and glazing the tip before any soldering is done. Then you have to "tin" the wire that you are connecting. This will make sure that the solder bleeds into the other on the surface that you are attaching it to. Then it's time to melt or "tin" the area that you want to solder to. You need to glaze/Tin the surface of where you want the solder to melt to, or your wire to connect to. This will make it stick and bleed together in a professional and shiny surface -- but most of all, a secure connection that won't break. Cheers though, nice job.
And don't forget to add flux, makes it a million times easier to get a clean connection.
Thank you for the tips me and my homie are literally doing this on our own. So we appreciate the help Charles.
Thank you for the video! Just got my Berried Alive killswitch in and stoked to get it installed.
Got mine as well, can't wait!
Circuit City is still a thing?!?!?!
that's what I am saying
Maybe he meant radio shack?
wslx0195 Radio Shack doesn't even exist anymore. That's like asking someone where a Shoney's is.
We never left the Shoneys, I repeat We NEVER... LEFT... THE SHONEY'S!!!!
Jason Reynolds definitely relaxed enough for me.
you can also simply solder on the legs of the jack
Finally a simple explaination on how to fit a kill switch! Thanks! Now i just need to order me a kill switch !
Awesome. Thanks for the vid, dude!
Thank you! Finally someone explains this in plain English! Sorry UA-camrs, but many of us don't speak gearhead. Drawing a wiring diagram in circuit map do me no good This guy shows how to do it on an actual guitar.
Hey, so you don't have to cut any of the existing wires? Is just a matter of attaching the kill switch wires (the red and black one)?
Thanks so much for making this!
are the hole size for the killswitch the same as for the holes on the pots?
Does wiring it to the volume pot, rather than the output Jack make for a cleaner signal? The instructions with mine said to wire it to the output Jack and I’m getting a static noise when I press it.
Yoooo philip solo!
the kill switch i bought didn’t come with the wires attached to it? i’m so confused
the tape burned a hole in my guitar. can you show me how to fix this?
There's different size kill switches even ones that may fit your volume / tone controls hole.
is it the same if I use a toggle switch
whats the song playing in the back ground it sounds pretty dope
how would this work on a strat
And great, easily instructed video my friend. You're a genius. You and The River by Wage War got me wanting one like crazy. About to install it now
Thanks! Glad it helped :)
@@berriedalive i wish it would let me upload a video or picture of it but man i have an Ibanez with volume and tone knob only, so i drilled a hole between the two and moved my volume knob down there and put the killswitch where tge volume was previously. Its ballin man thank you
Thank you, Charles.
Its that paper towels in your spring compartment?
That’s a huge switch!!
Oh man Circuit City, throwback!
recommended killswitch size?
I love the ink!
i talked to the owner of iron age e said the proper size for the kill switches are 16mm nothalf inch thats why its so snug after you drill. i have a legator 8 with the kill switch were the tone was reverse of your fan fret as i have this habit of checking the volume knob everey few seconds involuntarily and it woulda freaked me out if it wasnt there, thats why i i did it that way as opposed to your way just prefernce anyway rock on dude ,peace from rthe far east.
Oh please tell me you used that mason bit on your guitar...
I was taught you have to wire it to the input jack. Of course I did one with active pickups. Do you not have to wire to input jack for passives?
It’s Either or just a ground and hot in the signal path.
Sort of new to the killswitch thing. What brand of killswitch is the one you installed?
Brenton Seifert I believe he uses Iron Age
is it literally that simple?
good video man thanks!
"and,
fun👍🖒" 😅
instead of drilling can i just take out my tone knob and have killswitch 1 pick up and one volume?
coleplaysguitar I'm sure if you replaced your knobs connections to your killswitch connections it would work the same way,
How did you get the drilled hole on the outside of your guitar to look so smooth around your killswitch??
With the circular file
A tip for getting clean edges is to put painters tape (or masking tape) on both sides of where the hole is going. Drill straight and don't push too hard.
Just got a B-stock Legator Ninja X. I'm stoked I got a massive discount for a guitar w/ killswitch, burl top, and fishman fluences
How did you get a discount? I'm looking for one with the fanned frets and I love those guitars
@@adamsantoro4764 they have several multiscales on reverb.com, If you make an offer instead of paying asking price you could save a few hundred. Also I'll DM you a rep, I haven't talked to him in awhile but he may be able to hook it up.
That would be awesome man! Thank you
@@adamsantoro4764 Happy to help. Could you email me at mhs6247@yahoo.com I can't seem to find an avenue to do it privately on YT
Lol with philip solo tracks ayyy
My favorite guitaris CharlesCaswell , 🤟
How did you make the hole dip around the button like that? I know you used a round file, but damn is that clean.
When I put one in my 8 string, I removed the tone altogether, then moved the volume to the old tone hole which left me with the open hole from the volume. That little bowl shape around the killswitch was there. He just widened it, as did I with mine
@@adamsantoro4764 I am thinking about doing the exact same thing as you did!! Can you please explain the full process if you don't mind?
Wait Circut City was a thing still in 2017? I did learn something watching this video, I guess lol
Thank you ez
We are in fact poor guitarists. Thanks berry boi. Good video.
Nice
What kind of switch is this ?
Iron Age Accessories
Can I take my tone knob out and replace it with a kill?
yes its possible dude
@@InASpiralState thank you so much
My style doesn't warrant a kill switch, but good info for others!!
👍👍
Cool! Killswitch!😏
I miss Circuit City.
Good stuff, Tom Morello
More videos please i subscribe you dude🍓
legend
Helpful tip- Drill a small 1/8 inch hole first it helps keep the bit from running sideways, 1/8" bit works fine + its a inexpensive to buy like a $1 or $2 for one..
Thanks for the tip!
imagine paying someone to do this for you
More budget talk, less Killswitch talk.
That is not a budget guitar.
Who doesn’t have a drill?
Us. Haha
You used a masonry bit on your guitar? That's what happens to you when you listen to that brain dead gobbledy giberish "music" you have playing in the background.
Robert Tomkinson i guess that’s your braindead gibberish* opinion. If you can’t be positive, then do us all a favor and at least be quiet.