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Post by ChristoMephisto on Feb 27, 2007 12:09:26 GMT -5
Has anyone tried teh lp 50's wiring shown on singlecoil.com?
Its where you shift both ends of the tone cap and move the tone pot ground.
I was looking for opinions on it on how it compare to modern wriring.
You need to join to search their threads, and didn't want to register, not owning a lp and all.
thanx all
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Post by UnklMickey on Feb 27, 2007 15:14:05 GMT -5
singlecoil.com has a few bits of technical (mis)information.
this in one of them.
unless you want your volume control to drastically affect your tone control, you never, never, NEVER put the tone control on the output of the volume control.
if you do have your tone after the volume, when you have your tone at minimum, and turn your volume down, the result is a completely castrated signal. no highs whatsoever.
this is like the problem cable capacitance causes when turning down the volume control, but on eleven ................THOUSAND.
there might be a reason someone would want this, but i wouldn't.
IMHO you should always put the tone control on the INPUT of the volume control.
as far as the different ways one can connect the cap and 2 terminals of the tone pot, they will all sound the same.
if you look at it carefully, there will be some ways that will have a suBtle advantage in terms of shielding, but not tone.
out of salt? stay away from Singlecoil! you will need at least a grain.
the above is only my opinion. YMMV.
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Post by ChristoMephisto on Feb 28, 2007 4:23:04 GMT -5
Oh wow, good thing I asked, that sounds like it would really mess up my guitar.
"as far as the different ways one can connect the cap and 2 terminals of the tone pot, they will all sound the same." funny you should mention that, my v-pot is wired normally, but my t-pot has the cap going to both the input and middle tab, gnd is normal. Thats stock too, don't think my 0.029uf 'red T-fish' cap is tho...
(I love my Hagstrom Swede)
There must have been a reason the 50's Les Pauls had them, guess for obvious reasons its not a widely used wiring option used today.
Wonder if you put a 500-1k Ohm resistor on the t-pot will it stop it from rolling all the way back so the sound doesn't bottom out...
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