Vic Wong – Jazz guitarist, player of stringed things, engineer and maker
I started with volume/tone control boxes, then volume-only control boxes, and now it only seems natural to go the “purest” form: a simple 1/4″ input jack enclosure for the various pickups you might encounter. And if you’re like me, you no doubt have a dusty drawer full of them: Krivo, DeArmond, Stimer, Kent, and so on. Why do we do this? Who knows.
These are available in my store.
Edit: I have discontinued this model. See this post for the most recent version.
More news on the DeArmond control box front: I started making these more compact volume-only control boxes. Available in the store.
Why? The original DeArmond FHC pickups only had a single volume control knob. Minimalism at its best. After all, you can set tone on the amp. Personally, I don’t mess with tone much in the middle of my playing… too complicated. I’ll leave that sort of thing to Jerry Byrd and Danny Gatton.
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Edit: I have discontinued this model. See this post for the most recent version.
Well, it only took me 2-3 of years to get around to making those control boxes I hinted at! Available in the store.
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