How to wire a guitar KILL SWITCH with different wiring options.

[@JonathonBod]

Awesome bro fantastic . Thnk u for all four choices. I’m new to kill switches. I’m fitting one to strat im building from scratch i now know the how & what maybe a better choice &proper way to fit one. Subscribed

[@rumblingprune1525]

Now that guitar is a work of art.

[@GhostOfCaerbanOG]

Thanks man. Big help. 👊

[@jimmyjames7946]

Well done brotha. I don't know how I haven't seen one of your videos yet? Keep it up 🎶🎶🎶🎶🤘🤘👍👍

[@ebonhawkoffroad]

awesome video. thank you for all the info. this is going to help me a lot. thank you for taking the time to make this. it was well explained . can't wait to make this mod to my guitar.

[@darkallyrecordings4931]

Great video sir.

[@KISSARCHIVES]

I was looking to wire this so that when i press the button the led turns on and when the button is not pressed. Is that a possibility?

[@skylineXpert]

I wonder to mount on the lower horn on the wolfgang. A flexible drill head with 90* angle in the rear rout or drill from pickup cavity?

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

I usually use a very long drill bit (around 12 inches) and go in on an angle. Here's a link to a video that I did showing how I do that, skip through the video, it should be near the end. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4iTgJSJmaenps0

[@Miguvideos]

Thanks man, that's awesome.

[@kevinramey4226]

i seen a way where to install going to the up down switch that switched humbucker to humbucker, do you know how they did it. it was on a fake EVH from china

[@TheWarriorSongProject]

DUUUUUDDEEEEE A Light up button thats so fucking DOOOOPPPPEEEEE!!!!!!

[@cyb3r3vil30]

Kewl been thinking about doing this to a old LTD M-50 TFS Enjoyed

[@javiermoreno3872]

I got a 8 mm switch but it came 1no only can i make it work somehow?

[@angelriot]

Thank you. Great work!!!

[@carax606]

I'm getting ready to attempt this myself and I was wondering if, in the third diagram, it could not also be wired using an on/on switch with only 3 terminals: the wire receiving the signal from the volume pot connected in the middle, and then the terminals at either end of the switch leading to the NC and NO terminals of the kill button, and the common of the button leading to ground? Or is there a reason it only works with a 6-terminal switch as you've done? Thanks, and no worries if you can't answer this so many years later

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

Yes that should work, I guess I was overthinking it a bit.

[@carax606]

@@JOHNNYBGUITARS glad to hear my solution should work -- as long as I'm not over-overthinking it, ha. thanks a lot for your response!

[@bellmeisterful]

I wish ONE PERSON would do a video like htis but without a volume knob

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

Are you saying that your guitar doesn't have a volume pot? All the kill switch does is dump the signal to ground, you could just connect the switch to the lead wire connected to the output.

[@bellmeisterful]

@@JOHNNYBGUITARS Right I removed the Volume pot and have an LED latching button. Not momentary so it'll act as an on/off. I get it to light up but its lit up in both button positions. I get it to produce sound but in both positions OR only when cord is plugged halfway into the stereo jack..grr. I got grounds going everywhere. Its a mess dude. Its two humbuckers, a 3 way toggle and thats it. I never use tone and thought itd be cool to switch out a button for the volume knob cos I never use one thru 9

[@kingkobra7745]

Yeah, Im having that same issue, I have one pickup (black winter, seymour d.) , no volume, just that same switch. Having issues with ground noise. Ground is wired to the floyd claw. Can you help us with a wiring diagram? That would be so nice🤘🙏

[@ngotiendung7660]

Love you video so much!! 👍👍👍

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

Thank you so much!

[@Cyanide._TheBand]

I have a question where do you get the button?

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

The link for the Tesi switch is in the description.

[@Cyanide._TheBand]

@@JOHNNYBGUITARS thank a lot I wanted to get one on my guitar for the longest time and thank you for your in-depth video on how to wire it.

[@MarkMarvin1983]

Johnny B Goode!!

[@jameshansing5396]

Have you got a wiring diagram for a standard Les Paul arrangement?

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

Not specifically for a Les Paul but if you connect the switch to the hot wire that goes to the output it should work. All a kill switch does is ground out the signal.

[@jameshansing5396]

@@JOHNNYBGUITARS I’ve looked for wiring diagrams and weirdly very few focus on a standard Les Paul layout. I believe buckethead has 2 kill switches and I was wondering if it had anything to do with “popping” which I have heard about when the kill switch is (dis)engaged/activated to do the kill?

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

@@jameshansing5396 If you go to Tesiswitch.com they have a LP diagram, it's exactly what I talked about in the previous comment. A good quality switch wired properly shouldn't make pop sounds, Tesi is about the best out there.

[@jameshansing5396]

@@JOHNNYBGUITARS sweet. Thank you!

[@armanisanchez613]

What size killswitch do the usa Wolfgang’s use?

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

I think they all come in kill switch size, but I think it's the one in this video, contact Tesi (link is in the description) they will know for sure.

[@michaelmaio9823]

If I use # 4 will the led go off and on as I press

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

No it shouldn't, the LED will come on when you select either normally open or normally closed.

[@johneapleseed6876]

yes

[@joeyskar]

Is there a way to wire a killswitch to where it won't pop?

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

Did you hear a pop? I didn't hear a pop.

[@joeyskar]

​@@JOHNNYBGUITARS Not with a bunch of gain but when it's clean or lightly driven the speaker pops like crazy.

[@jasoncollins4140]

Interesting video I'm going to buy me a kill switch and put it on my Wolfgang

[@just.off.the.a4208]

With diagram 2, could I remove the button and just use a toggle switch to kill the power? Would suit my guitar much better than a button!

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

You can definitely use a toggle switch, it might be a little noisier and not as responsive as the kill switch. As long as you wire your lead to ground it will work.

[@just.off.the.a4208]

@@JOHNNYBGUITARS awesome, yeah that was another question I was going to ask was noise while switching! Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. I think I'll go for a standard NO momentary switch similar to the ones on kill pedals!

[@carloto96]

Is it possible to wire a kill switch without the use of a battery?

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

Absolutely, the battery only powers the light.

[@kenpachi5919]

Does it work on a single coil pickup???

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

Yes.

[@yohanonshine4664]

They also have black or chrome switch which are smaller and come pre wired , so all I had to do is solder the 2 wires and drill a hole in my pick guard.

[@danielsong6335]

#3 6pole switch option don't need battery?

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

The battery only powers the LED, #4 has the battery option, wiring is the same as #3

[@aaronakers2942]

What’s the brand for the kill switch? I’m not sure how to spell it

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

A link to their website is in the description.

[@soleneisconbi7302]

You can wire the button’s led to the buttons function

[@KISSARCHIVES]

how would i wire it so that the buttons led turns on when the button is pressed?

[@steveweyerts]

Are you sure? Pretty sure this is backwards. I think it would be wired to normally closed so it has continuous power and then it opens the circuit to stop the power when the button is pushed.

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

I'm not sure what part of the video you're referring to, I talk about many wiring options. This switch can be wired either normally open or closed, it all depends on how you want to do it. Normally open would require a bypass switch or the guitar would not make a sound until the button is pushed.

[@steveweyerts]

@@JOHNNYBGUITARS I think you may be right. today I put a small killswitch on my guitar. I want this one though. This small one said it is factory open. I just put the hot and ground to the output jack. Works great! I am still going to get the blue lightrd one!

[@JasonSikes-kp1cj]

CN anyone please explain.. why is BATTERY GROUND GOING TO JACK GROUND?????

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

The negative light terminal and the negative battery terminal are both connected to ground, this completes the circuit. It saves adding a wire just for the light, it might seem strange but try it, it works.

[@MrKanawyer]

What you call a 6 pole switch is a 2 pole double throw switch. The 9 pole is a 3PDT.

[@madmonk66]

I was going to say the same thing. Thank you. I am not one to dissect someone's video looking for stuff to burn them for, but I see so many comments saying WELL DONE BRO! etc... and I feel like an alien. If I am in uncertain territory I never claim to be in the know, and I don't tell people what an awesome job they did if I can't tell because I don't know enough about the subject. I am like 180 degrees out of sync with the way most poeple digest and produce content. I appreciate anyone sharing, but learn the stuff first right? Or don't present yourself as an expert. Just my thoughts. Thanks for pointing that out! :).

[@metaldreams3595]

Damn, the ones I bought have 4 terminals. I guess that means Im missing the constant.

[@vertigoat7596]

Not once did you mention Buckethead. What gives?

[@JOHNNYBGUITARS]

Seems that I dropped the ball... Buckethead.