Hey, i also want to know if I can plug-in the new KP3 instead of the KP2 because I cant get any in my country...

plz can you tell me if its different or if I can, my mail is manuel0097@gmail.com

thanks 

Superb guide Phil, thanks for showing us all.

 

phi.lam64, the mini KP looks like it could fit into a guitar body in its entirety.

 

Gazlang, I like the idea of having the pad be an x-y midi controller rather than just being for the KAOSS (I know the KAOSS can then in turn be used for MIDI, but it just doesn't seem quite as clean a solution) what kind of circuitry did you need? Your youtube video page now says the vid has been removed.

 

Cam

I was wondering if there is a way to mod your guitar using 2 kp1's ?
So you can use the XY-pad from 1 as a MIDI controller for other devices (made mention in the youtube Mason guitar clip) rather then modding again when i get a kp2 or easier still just hook it up to a kp3 without destroying yet another kp1/2 and so on.... just to avoid more mess and modding when I get the other kaos units... (when I has the $$$ for a kp3)

[Yes I can get 2 kp1's for MUCH less then a kp2, which is why I'm opting for this solution, rather then using just the 1 kp1/2]

I hope that makes sense....... and thanks to everyone for your time and patience, this thread has been a great help so far, much obliged.

Does anyone have the dimensions of the XY pad on the guitar? Im looking to do it to one of mine, but need to make sure it will fit.

 

Thanks!

You wouldn't by any chance want to build another and sell it, would you?

brian 

any chance of you doing a tutorial for a Zvex Fuzz Factory?

im building a guitar and i need to know hot to fit one of those things!

thanks:D,

        James 

what else could you put into a guitar like a killswitch or the sustainiac stealth.what other effects like that? because i making a guitar and i want to know what i add to it

 

thanks

I have a few questions that probably have been asked, but I really don't have the time to search through seven pages.

 

1) Would a mini-KP work as well as the Kaoss Pad you have installed?

 

2)Does the mini-KP need anything else to work? Like the Kaossilator?

 

3) If I only wanted to use the sound effects, rather than distorting my guitars sound, which would be best?

 

Sorry if I may have broken any rules, I really need the information as Im making the purchase for one of them soon.

hello!

what a wonderful works....

i'm sorry if i don't read all this forum. but i got an idea (that' why i write it!).

i would like to do "Korg Kaoss pad mod that could not be mount in the guitar but just fixed in the table in order to use it under my 3 guitars...but i also want to keep the korg touch screen inside the module.(because i use it with my yamaha rm1x)

So, my idea is very basic but i need some help.(i'm an electronics specialist):

First, if someone got the technical information about the krog touch screen in order to find an equivalent

(http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/355824.pdf ).i know this koass screen is based under a X-Y variable resistor .Then i currently working on a way to reduce the numbers of wire between the guitar and the korg module

1- Does someone can measure with a ohmeter the connection of the touch screen

2- Someone want to help to do a dismountable korg kaoss with a similar screen why not?

3- sorry for my poor english...

 

have a nice day

 

i just finished putting a mini kp in my guitar today. i used a mini because the screen is thin and flexible so i could put it on my guitar even tho the top is curvey. you dont even have to make a cavity for it really except for the cable. you just screw it on top, because its only maybe a millimeter thick. its was way easier to do than i thought tho. thanks to phil for the howto :)))) it gave me the courage to try it myself XD

Hey, It's about 10 x 12.5 cm.

 

Try reading the original thread, or Adam's blogspot peoples!

 

Cheers.

Hi, Phill

I have a few quick questions:

How exactly did you make the frame for the Pad?

Is the LED necesary for the Pad to work?

Wil this work with one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Korg-mini-KP-Dynamic-Effect-Processor/dp/B000Q8SC88/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=musical-instruments&qid=1258755178&sr=8-2 and a strat?

 That's it. Please answer back :) 

Hi Phil,

No can ever shower enough thanks for the great mod here.

I really am making this mod late in the game, after wanting to for quite a while I can now afford it.  There is just one part that I can't get through my thick head-about the ribbon cable.

- I have just opened the KP to look at the guts and didn't really follow how to disconnect the ribbon cable.  Do I take off one side of the ribbon cable and leave one side attatched to the pad (which is then put in the guitar?), or leave one side attached to the PCB?

-Also, how are you supposed to connect a ribbon cable to a DB9 connector? does the ribbon cable connect to wires through that white box first? 

 Sorry I don't get it.  I would be eternally grateful if Phil or anyone else in this forum who has done the same thing could explain this.

Oh and by the way, James.  If you haven't done this yet or are even still listening to this forum, I put a Zvex fuzz factory into my guitar and will be posting a blog about how to do this very soon.

-Steve

Hey Steve,

S'cool to see folks still doing this mod, now that there's a commerical production model from Manson. It's been a while, but in general, be careful with the ribbon connection, they are quite fragile. You need to use your nails to grip the mounted connector ( not the cable ) from the sides and pull slightly so that the connector is "opened" once opened the cable should slip right out. To connect the cable to the DB9 you will need to remove the white box, this is the connector you will move to inside the guitar, the wire from the DB9 on the pad will then connect right to the solder spots where the white box connector was soldered.

To remove the white box is tuff, disconnect the ribbon cable, then heat with the soldering iron back and forth on the solder side of the white box while gentley tugging on it, slowly and surely the solder connections will heat and soften and allow you to wiggle the box connector free, don't try to force this, use the soldering iron heat to melt the solder as you go. Good luck!

Phil

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hiya, great instructions, im in the process of carrying out the mod myself thanks to your guide, but would it be possible to label the pictures regarding the soldering of the DB9 connector cable, and the led?

yet again though, great guide, thnx

B