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Puttaneska @lemmy.world

iPhone Wallet Hack

I often get flight or concert tickets that don't come as Wallet entries, but I wan't to treat them in the same way: 1. Easy Access (e.g., not searching back through emails or logging in to a service); 2. Not dependant on internet/phone connectivity (especially in airports!)

I now have a pair of shortcuts that more-or-less achieve this. In operation, I just open my iPhone, tap an app icon (shortcut to 'LocalFileOpener').

How it works:

'→ Local iPhone' Appears in the Share Menu and saves a file locally on my iPhone (i.e., I don't need an internet/phone connection to access it as I would with iCloud storage).

'LocalFileOpener' Just opens the local iPhone folder.

  • Yes, that's a 9V battery compartment.

    Ok, I've just realised how blonde I've been: the volume/tone and pick-up selector knobs were stopping the control panel from lifting off. They just pull off and then all is fine.

    Unfortunately, the switch and pot are soldered into the PCB board, which would make it a bit trickier to replace them. I'm pretty happy with soldering wires but I've never tackled a PCB board.

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    Puttaneska @lemmy.world

    Donner Hush X—has anyone here removed the control panel?

    I have a Donner Hush X and wanted to replace the pick-up selector switch.

    I've unscrewed the control panel but it doesn't seem to lift off the guitar body. It might just be a bit stiff and need a little more heft; but I'm wondering if it's soldered to a PCB board and so can'e be opened up with out damaging things.

    Has anyone inspected inside or found any YT videos or internal diagrams? I can't find any.

    TIA 👍

    PS Here’s a Dropbox link to a video of me gingerly pulling the control plate around (which wouldn’t upload to Lemmy, in the OP). https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/v7n74q9m252hxrc17f7eb/IMG_0808.mp4?rlkey=qau7d4zum0qswswwngkivenvc&dl=0

  • Yes, that shouldn’t be too bad.

    I went nuts and did humbucker coil splits, out of phase and serial (on an HH with 2 vols & 2 tones). The coil split doesn’t really sound all that much like single coil to me. Just a bit quieter. The series switching sounds good (fuller, brighter?) If you use crocodile clips, or temporary connectors (e.g. Wago clips) you might be able to try different re-wire options before committing to soldering.

    I used Bourne https://www.bourns.com/docs/product-datasheets/PDB183-GTR.pdf which look similar to yours. The terminal pins were pretty small and hard to work with. The CTS ones are supposed to be easier, but I don’t think that they do push-push.

    Have fun

  • Good idea to go for push-push over push pull. I have them on different guitars and push-push is quicker and easier.

    I haven’t found any manufacturers that do push-push with triple pole double throw, though.

    I also put a free-way pup selector on a strat copy, which is an alternative to switchable pots. https://sixstringsupplies.co.uk/collections/guitar-switches/brand_free-way

  • I guess we doin'

  • See what you mean: the Yamaha Revstar doesn’t have Yamaha on the headstock, but does have the tuning forks.

    But other Yamahas don’t have the tuning forks but do say Yamaha. Eg. https://uk.yamaha.com/en/products/musical_instruments/guitars_basses/el_guitars/sg/index.html

    I think there was a period, pre Revstar, when motorbikes had the tuning forks but none of the Yamaha guitars did.

  • I guess we doin'

  • Yamaha makes lots of other musical instruments too.

    The thing that puzzles me is that the Yamaha logo, 3 tuning forks, makes sense for instruments that you tune. But I’ve only seen it on their motorbikes.