IDEA: toggle switch for snare wiring to be Roland / other compatible

[Gastric]

I'm progressing to wiring the piezos on my DYI. I don't currently own a Roland module, but may some day. Or the next owner of my kit might. It would be nifty to install a toggle switch mounted by the TRS jack that could simply flip the head piezo wiring. However, I have no idea what switch would accomplish this. And neither do the bozos at my local Radio Shack. And thus I throw this idea out to the gurus here for thier thoughts.

I do realize it would be simple to resolder the wires. But it would also be cool to have a $2 switch do that work for me. And the next guy down the line might not be capable of resoldering the wires.

[bogiesbad]

I do realize it would be simple to resolder the wires. But it would also be cool to have a $2 switch do that work for me. And the next guy down the line might not be capable of resoldering the wires.

Try using quick disconnect crimp terminals.

[Gastric]

Bah! Too simple!

I want a cool toggle switch. Actually probably some sort of low profile slider switch so it can't get bumped accidentally. Then I have to figure out how to produce a professional looking label for the switch.

[Michael Render]

You want a double pull, double throw switch - DPDT. These are often used for polarity reversing. In fact, some of them only have 4 posts are are internally wired for polarity reversal.

[Hellfire]

I'm progressing to wiring the piezos on my DYI. I don't currently own a Roland module, but may some day. Or the next owner of my kit might. It would be nifty to install a toggle switch mounted by the TRS jack that could simply flip the head piezo wiring. However, I have no idea what switch would accomplish this. And neither do the bozos at my local Radio Shack. And thus I throw this idea out to the gurus here for thier thoughts.

I do realize it would be simple to resolder the wires. But it would also be cool to have a $2 switch do that work for me. And the next guy down the line might not be capable of resoldering the wires.

Putting in a switch for polarity is something I have done for some time. TriggerThis had the coolest diagram for this very thing. The diagram also shows sensitivity switches which I have also used in the past. Here is a link to that post:
http://vdrums.com/forum/showpost.php...1&postcount=31