Author Topic: Help! Can someone tell me exactly what the 4-position switch does on my 1980 Clembic Series I guitar?? (Read 125 times)

gerarddem · « **on:** December 12, 2009, 09:46:12 AM »

I can only use the 1/4 jack and it seems that only the top 2 positions are working (working from highest switch position facing neck, then turning counter-clockwise).

What are the first 2 positions (the ones facing down)? Aren't they supposed to work too, even with the 1/4 jack?

It seems that they might correspond to the bridge pickup because the bottom volume & tone knobs also don't work. Help! 9-)

Photo below shows the switch.

Could anyone hit me back ASAP!

Thank you!,
g

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gerarddem · « **Reply #1 on:** December 12, 2009, 09:58:21 AM »

stereo jack perhaps??

elwoodblue · « **Reply #2 on:** December 12, 2009, 10:08:00 AM »

Exactly...the preamp is powerful enough to drive headphones and you should be able to hear one pickup in each ear.
Some members without the DS-5 have used a splitter cable.
This will help explain .

Kris

elwoodblue · « **Reply #3 on:** December 12, 2009, 10:14:45 AM »

...and one of the switch positions turns both pickups off , so silence in that position is expected.

hieronymous · « **Reply #4 on:** December 12, 2009, 10:28:03 AM »

And don't forget this FAQ on the Series I controls.

lbpesq · « **Reply #5 on:** December 12, 2009, 10:36:59 AM »

Gerard:

The pickup selector switch has 4 positions: Neck pickup/both pickups/bridge pickup/mute. The earlier Series instruments are all set up to run with one pickup only when using the 1/4 jack. Both pickups will work when using the 5 pin connector and the power supply. These can easily be modified to run both pickups with the 1/4 plug. (A search around the site should find this. It has been posted several times - later model Series run both pickups through the 1/4 jack). However, you will soon discover that Series instruments, when run using the 1/4 jack, have a healthy appetite for batteries. Most people use the power supply.

Bill, tgo

pace · « **Reply #6 on:** December 12, 2009, 07:23:10 PM »

Gerard,

Your guitar is seriously broken. Cancel your sale, and sell it to me cheap....

-Mike

gerarddem · « **Reply #7 on:** December 13, 2009, 10:03:45 AM »

lol.. too late Mike ...sold! I actually did get both pickups to work out of the 1/4... it's a stereo jack... duh! lol It's been awhile (29 years to be exact) since I plugged in Dark Baby... Thanks again everyone! g