How to add second tone pot to jazzmaster for independent control of pickup tone

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How to add second tone pot to jazzmaster for independent control of pickup tone

Post by Littlebird. » Sun Jul 04, 2021 10:31 am

I really want to get more tone control out of my single tone control jazzmaster can anyone assist me?

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Re: How to add second tone pot to jazzmaster for independent control of pickup tone

Post by timtam » Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:45 pm

So you just want to add a third pot to the lead circuit ?

If so, first disconnect the existing master tone pot from the circuit (see stock schematic below). The two tone pots would then go between their pickup and the selector switch, similar to the 2-tone, 1-vol wiring here:
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So the lead circuit for each pickup will be pickup->tone pot->selector switch->master volume.

Standard JM circuit schematic:
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Re: How to add second tone pot to jazzmaster for independent control of pickup tone

Post by Hogenson » Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:05 am

I added another pot between the jack and tone pot.

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Re: How to add second tone pot to jazzmaster for independent control of pickup tone

Post by Littlebird. » Tue Jul 06, 2021 11:42 am

Hogenson wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:05 am
I added another pot between the jack and tone pot.
Can you give a diagram of how you did so or a pick of the setup?

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