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Post by ijustwannastrat on Sept 12, 2009 11:49:31 GMT -5
What do you guys find tonally more useful on a guitar, a switch to put two pickups out of phase, or a switch to change between two different tone knob caps? The caps that I have are .1uf, .022, and .015
My good ol' local luthier told me I would like the later more, but going off of what I've heard on records, I think I would like the phase switch much better. Opinions?
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Post by cynical1 on Sept 12, 2009 11:56:49 GMT -5
Personally, the switch to select different tone caps would be my choice. OOP is an acquired taste, IMHO, where the different tone caps add versatility no matter what pickup(s) you have selected.
Your luthier is a smart guy...listen to him.
Happy Trails
Cynical One
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Post by ijustwannastrat on Sept 12, 2009 12:09:13 GMT -5
thank you very much for your input. I just wanted to make sure I got a few peoples opinions before I did either or, just because I don't want one biased opinion to give me less options
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Post by ashcatlt on Sept 12, 2009 13:51:26 GMT -5
I'd prefer the OoP, myself. Then again, I almost never use the tone knob. In fact, my main gigging guitar has a switch for "binary tone action". Keep in mind that unless you're turning the tone control way down, the high-cut effect comes more from cable crapacitance than the chosen capacitor anyway. So if you're the type that just rolls off a little top end here and there, changing the cap value (probably) won't make much difference. On the other hand, this raises the question: Why not have both? Are you a Nut or not?  |
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Post by wolf on Sept 12, 2009 15:14:41 GMT -5
ijustwantastrat
Since this is GuitarNuts, I'd like to make another suggestion.
What kind of pickups are these? (single coil or humbuckers?)
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Post by JohnH on Sept 12, 2009 16:26:58 GMT -5
I also dont use the standard tone controls at all. Oop is more fun to play with but whether it is useful depends on your overall rig. I have not found it very useful to me. But Id do OOp over tone cap options, as Ash suggests.
IMO however, the most useful addition, if its the first extra switch addition after the standard wiring provsions, is coil cut on a humbucker guitar, or a series option on a single coil guitar.
John
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Post by wolf on Sept 12, 2009 20:18:23 GMT -5
JohnH
That's exactly what I was going to say.
Switching from Middle & Bridge single coils in parallel to Middle and Bridge single coils in series produces a drastic difference in tone. (I would have posted this sooner but I thought I was going to receive a reply from ijustwantastrat by now).
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Post by ijustwannastrat on Sept 14, 2009 19:08:07 GMT -5
Sorry for my absence. I have a SC sized hb for bridge, a duckbucker for middle, and no neck (I'm gonna move the duckbucker to neck some day). I believe the duckbucker is a SC.
I normally do not use the tone knob, but I like having the tone knob all the way down for when I do solos on the neck pup (why I'm moving the duckbucker)
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Post by wolf on Sept 15, 2009 2:18:25 GMT -5
ijustwantastrat
Okay, since you already have humbuckers in the guitar, my idea for series parallel switching for single coils is not applicable.
You might want to add a series/parallel switch to one or more of the humbuckers though.
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Post by ijustwannastrat on Sept 15, 2009 15:20:25 GMT -5
Is there really that big of a difference in series and parallel? I've never changed it up, so I wouldn't know....
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