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Post by moses on Jul 5, 2007 12:47:43 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I just installed new pickups and I added a resister to the volume pot between the ground. The resister is rated at 470k. Now all I have is a gain instead of volume. Can anyone help me please!
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Post by ashcatlt on Jul 5, 2007 13:41:47 GMT -5
welcome aboard.
unless you installed some active circuitry you can't possibly have any gain. what you have got is a volume that won't go all the way to 0. what were you trying to accomplish with this resistor?
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Post by moses on Jul 5, 2007 14:28:00 GMT -5
It was one of the mods from the guitarnuts site. Reduced the loss going to ground. It is a strat copy. I bought it to learn how to modify. I cannot find the mod where i got it from now. IT operates just like a gain knob, ie gets dirty when turned up. Of course now the volume is constant.
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Post by moses on Jul 5, 2007 16:04:35 GMT -5
I went ahead and returned it to stock. Thanks ashcatlt for your response. I appreciate it kindly. Moses
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Post by michaelcbell on Jul 6, 2007 6:06:52 GMT -5
You can get the same effect if you use a larger value pot, but you'll still be able to turn it completely off.
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Post by Runewalker on Jul 6, 2007 8:13:26 GMT -5
It was one of the mods from the guitarnuts site. Reduced the loss going to ground. It is a strat copy. I bought it to learn how to modify. I cannot find the mod where i got it from now. IT operates just like a gain knob, ie gets dirty when turned up. Of course now the volume is constant. Not sure which article (on GN1) you are referencing but your description sounds like you were trying to do a 'tone bleeder' mod (perhaps?). If so, the resister is combined with a cap, or sometimes a cap only is used. Values often used are .001 uF cap, and 220K Resister (that is from memory, others may have a better recall). I have used these a number of times, and put them on almost any mod that does not have a buffer circuit. They work very well, especially with pups that lean towards the mud when reduced in volume (overwounds or humbuckers). JH has conducted a comparison between the tone bleeder and buffer approaches and the tone bleeder performed very well compared to the low impedance of the buffer, which was none the less, better. But I can't remember if he posted the results here. RW
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