Led electric guitar pickup mod *** Updated with schematic for blinking leds and video!

Step 6 Installing the leds Part 2, the battery

For this step, we want to connect both the led sets to a 9v battery to complete the circuit.
You will need to connect a second wire to where you connected the + and - wires to the second led set.(This wire needs to reach from the hole in the second pickup to the back of the guitar where the electrical panel is. so measure it out first.)

Two get into the electrical panel, carefully remove all screws from the plastic cover, and pull the back off. Be careful not to interfere with the current wiring.

Now connect the reed switch (or other kind of switch) to the positive wire, test it first to make sure you have the positive wire and you have the switch the right way. (I connected mine on the normally closed side, so when a magnet is not present the lights will show, and when I'm not playing i can just stick a magnet onto the electrical compartment cover to turn them off.)
Then connect the reed switch to the battery clip, tape (or glue) the reed switch to the cover of the electrical compartment so a magnet will stick,and leave enough slack in the wire so you can open and close the electrical compartment whenever you need a new battery.
Last but not least connect the negative wire to the battery clip, and test it.

Comments

[moogbeatz99]

instead of a reed switch, couldnt you use a toggle switch??