Switching input caps with a toggle switch...On/Off/On or On/On/On?

[skiraly017]

Using a toggle to switch between three parallel caps to get three sounds, On/Off/On or On/On/On switch? Thanks!

[Brossman]

Definitely On/On/On...

One cap for each "On" channel, dig?

Good luck!

[skiraly017]

Definitely On/On/On...

One cap for each "On" channel, dig?

Good luck!

Thought so but just wanted to be sure, thanks! 

[John Lyons]

Well, maybe...
Couldn't you put the small cap in the Off position of an on/off/on
and then with a big cap on one side and a medium cap on the other
get small med and large values? Super size me?!

[stringsthings]

Using a toggle to switch between three parallel caps to get three sounds, On/Off/On or On/On/On switch? Thanks!

you can use either type of switch ... you just need to adjust the values of the capacitors to get what you want ...

On/Off/On
  3 capacitors, A, B, C ... B is wired always in circuit .... so the three capacitances you'll get are A+B, B, B+C

On/On/On
  2 capacitors, A, B .... the three capacitances you'll get are A, A+B, B

[Mark Hammer]

On/off/on can work like this:
wire -> lug 1 -> cap A -> lug 2 -> cap B -> lug 3 -> wire

In the middle position, no connection is made, so the only path is through both cap A and cap B, yielding their series combined value.  In each side position, one of the two caps is bypassed, such that the effective capacitance s the remaining unbypassed cap.

Simple enough, except that a) the middle position is the smallest effective capacitance, and b) you have to pick your cap values wisely.

Incidentally, this works for resistors too, except that they produce larger values in series, rather than smaller ones.

[Gus]

You also need to think about and understand DI/DT and/or DV/DT.  The step can cause a pop unless you minimize it.