[player99]

I put a kill switch in one of my SG's and it hummed like a bastard when I pressed it to kill.

 

[player99]

Thanks for the tips on the kill switch.

As far as tone knobs go, when I play slide I like to turn the tone down slightly. It makes all the difference to me getting the killer tone I like.

When I play my bridge pickup I like to roll the tone down on the bridge pickup to match it up to the neck pickup.

I don't like to use the Gibson switch to studder because it's hard on the switch and they're costly and a pain in the ass to change.

 

[player99]

Well, there's no problem keeping three pots functional and adding a dedicated kill switch. It's a very simple wiring.

I suppose you could wire the SG with one of the pots as a master tone and the second tone pot hole used for the dedicated kill switch.

That wouldn't work because when I turn the tone down on the bridge pu to match the neck pu it would also turn the neck pu down so they wouldn't match.
The idea is when flipping back and forth while playing they're different, but more in the same ballpark. Sort of matching them up.

 

[player99]

You could also add a kill switch to a pedal separately or within a pedal then, it could work with any electric guitar, as long as that pedal is on your board.

I've definitely thought about that. However I think there's an advantage to using my picking hand instead of my foot. But it being universal is attractive for sure. Adding the switch to an existing pedal is interesting. I wouldn't have thought of that. Smart idea.

 

[player99]

Sounds like the tone pots are much more important to your style of playing than a Kill switch.

My suggestions are based on the assumption that you wouldn't want to drill an additional hole in your SG.

Maybe the plug in type device would be better for you?

I had installed the buzzy switch in the pickguard of an SG. It was some time ago, but I don't think I had to drill the body, there's room in the cavity. It just needed to be a lower profile than some switches I had.

Whenever I see guitars with 2 pickups and one tone I always think they are missing a big part of the guitar. Same with one master volume.