Re: Casio MG-500 2nd toggle switch next to Humbucking/Single switch

"David Messenger [email protected] [midiguitar]" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.music.equipment.midi-guitar
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Are the pickups EMG? You probably have an EMG preamp.

D.

On 2/1/2015 7:33 PM, [email protected] [midiguitar] wrote:
> I don't think it's for saving memory. All of the guitar's settings are 
> set with physical switches.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 1, 2015, at 20:46, "David Messenger [email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]> [midiguitar]" 
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>> So that means that you probably have a preamp, or the casio needs it 
>> for memory. Most probably the latter....
>>
>> D.
>>
>> On 2/1/2015 5:16 PM, [email protected] [midiguitar] wrote:
>>> Update!!!
>>>
>>> So today I was changing my strings and one of the ball-ends didn't 
>>> want to fall out the back of the guitar, so I removed the plate that 
>>> covers those holes - I had never removed it before. Expecting to see 
>>> five springs there, I was quite surprised to see only three springs 
>>> and a 9V battery where the other two springs should be. The black 
>>> wire from the 9V is soldered onto the metal plate that the three 
>>> springs are attached to, the red wire disappears into the guts. I'm 
>>> about 99.9% sure this is connected to the extra toggle switch I have 
>>> next to the SINGLE/HUMBUCKER toggle.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On May 4, 2014, at 23:53, David Messenger <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Could be a Coil tap or Phase switch...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5/4/2014 7:25 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've noticed while looking around at net images of Casio MG-500's 
>>>>> that some appear to have two toggle switches in-between the volume 
>>>>> and tone controls, though it appears that most show only one. The 
>>>>> copy of the User Manual I have from this group only shows there 
>>>>> being one toggle (humbucking/single). I'm wondering if there was a 
>>>>> ever a slightly different version of the MG-500 that might have 
>>>>> had a second toggle place next to the first, or if this is likely 
>>>>> just the result of a common modification made by owners?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> James
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
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