Guitar Killswitch Review and Tutorial

Marc Miller at Sound Theory Studio joined by Mike Cutler from the Luthier's Bench to explore the technique, installation, and options behind adding a killswitch to your guitar!

[gitarman]

Tesi Switch these days are effective and cost effective
EVH choice from my understanding

[tylerparker]

So that guys is making 100 dollars an hour when hes installing buttons lol sweet.

[KevinToine]

What is the opening song? A Buckethead song?

[ChildLockedArt]

Late to the party but awesome job recommending Sanwa buttons. Haven't been in the arcade fighting circle in a while but those were THE buttons to have in your fightstick back in the day. Currently measuring my guitar to see if this will fit on my St Vincent sig.

[mikeholler]

Is there a way to install a rubber ring on the button’s backstop? There’s a lot of clicking. Does the click come through in a recording? How about if you’re at a vocal mic?

[kevinallcock]

Just installed an EMG TKO on my guitar - it’s crap operationally.. long travel, non sensitive - impossible to use artistically - response is shite

[Blkojo]

Mike Cutler is probably as good as anyone in the country at generalized guitar repair. Yes, not just Tucson but the U.S. He can also do some cool trick mods. Say you are looking at a new guitar on a trial period? Bring it to Mike for the proper once-over.  Mike charges a fair price and does extremely clean and precise work. Even if you live in the Phoenix area...depending upon what you need done...it could be worth the drive. He is that good.

[jstrat]

The EVH Wolfgang comes with a kill the high end models.

[dominicmcmahon]

Sanwa make 24 mm buttons exactly the same as this. Check out seimitsu buttons too they are as good maybe better. Also sanwas break in after a lot of tapping.

[matildatheoboldt]

My Epiphone SG special has a stock Killswitch built into the tone knob. Figured if I got it then use it

[popslops]

The Sanwa switch has the best feel and reaction time of anything else, way better than the cheap plunger style buttons everyone sells plus its rated for 1, 000, 000 hits.Nobody utilizes it more than Buckethead and its what he prefers so you know its good.A little noisy on clean channel but with mild to heavy distortion you arent really going to notice much "pop" .Highly recommended, thanks for the video !

[cugir]

I want a small kill switch that fits on the les paul pick guard by the bridge pickup....a thin switch. So I don't have to drill the face of the body....just the pick guard. Pick guards are a dime a dozen. If someone makes a thin switch it should fit on the pick guard. Can run the wires under the pick guard to the pickup ring and down through the pickup route.
I put one into a les paul via the back and just tested it without drilling a hole in the body....it was a little poppy. I'm wondering about the capacitor mod....maybe a cap in series with the hot wire from the switch.
It only takes 5 minutes to wire it to the jack just to test it.

[E-BikingAdventures]

Cost of button and instillation ~$2.00. You can get both those buttons off ebay for $1-$2 each. Even cheaper if you buy more than one. Then do it yourself. This is one of the easiest guitar mods you can do.

[datner]

Artist guitars make a beautiful Les Paul copy with a Killswitch, but all of their other Les Pauls have two volume pots. The bull bucker pickups sound really good. Australia $400. Also check out the 59 telecaster copy with the same pickups $279. It is unbelievable.

[Bierce]

man am I glad I watched this I just ordered one of the iron age switched, but instead im getting a button from amazon.

[coolu]

Some good tips in the video. But it seems more like an advertisement for this guys shop rather than a tutorial and review. Pretty sure he's a good luthier and everything. But this is a really simple modification where you are essentially just using a switch to ground the whole circuit. In layman's terms just connecting the hot lead to ground via the switch. Justifying $100 maybe for alot of woodwork on the guitar. This circuit has one problem that no one seemed to have solved and that is the popping sound when switching. Cannot notice so much with distortion. But on clean its noticeable. Not a biggie though. All in all it's a real simple installation and requires just four solder points which anyone can do with some basic soldering skills. This video would be useful if they gave advice on remedying the popping etc. Everything else was nothing new except for the recommendation of the aracde style button. But which arcade button? Found out more useful info from other poster's comments than from the video.

[adikahakmi]

what's the name of the intro song?

[TheSalokcin]

Hi, I have a question that I wish you could answer.
I had 3 killswitch, the first was a button of those that cost not more than a dollar, a small button, then change it for a slightly more expensive, like the one that used buckethead in 2006, and in the end I bought the button of arcade that currently uses buckethead, and the problem is that the 3 buttons to press them worked but not correctly, bone, 10 times that I pressed only a 5 or 6 times the signal was cut, and I do not know if it will be guitar problem, like wiring or something that has to do with current or is problem of the button, what can I do? please if anyone could help me :(
PD: I do not speak much English, I helped with a translator, I hope you understand a little what I wrote lol

[maxwellwinter]

i like it in the Ibanez but its too big for it i would get the 24mm instead of 32mm

[earlycuyler]

Using a normally closed alwows you to wire them up in a more unique way. You need to add another toggle. But you can use that toggle to switch the button to either kill the signal or let it through.so youll get sound either when you puch the button or when you let go. I prefer to wire them up so i only GET signal when the button is pressed, but its really up to the taste of the player.