Duotone - mod for three volumes

[JOE_CPWE]

How would you add seperate bridge and neck pickup volume controls?  FWIW I.like the look of the bell knobs.

I'm mostly a Les Paul player and virtually never use the tone controls anyway ( on Stratocasters I do)  However, I do use all options on the three way switch and usually blend the pickups to get different tones.

To solve this I would probably go with no tone control at all and just have three volume knobs with no issue, but, in case there's a different solution, what do you think?

(I have/had guitars with no tone control on humbuckers before so I get that)

Edited November 3, 2025 by JOE_CPWE

[holLoWskull]

Easiest route I can think of (if it is a flat top Duotone) is maybe try replacing the stock 500k volume and tone pots with stacked concentric 500k pots (and appropriate stacked metal knobs)?  That way you could wire top for volume and bottom for tone for each pickup.   If you’ve got a carved top Duotone (Custom) you probably wouldn’t have enough thread on the concentric pot shaft for the metal knobs to attach and might need to remove some wood in the control cavity (not an ideal solution IMO).

[hamerhead]

A quick search shows nobody makes bell-shaped concentric knobs. Somebody might, but I didn't find it.

You could keep two bell knobs in the first 2 positions by leaving them as regular volume controls, then use a concentric pot w/ master tone in the third.

Just pleasepleaseplease don't drill it. 

[murkat]

To achieve separate adjustable volume(s) flip pickup wire lead with output lead on the volume pot.

Edited November 7, 2025 by murkat