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Post by rebel082002 on Aug 4, 2011 1:25:22 GMT -5
Capacitor Advise for Gibson 57 Plus I have a project I have just begun and in an effort to save time I thought I'd ask the resedent experts thier opinion. It's basically a traditional les paul setup, 2 vol, 2 tone and 3 way toggle. The body is mahogany and is thin like a PRS single cut. I am using a Gibson 57 plus in the bridge and 57 in the neck. To really try and capture that vintage tone I have all NOS pots 500K, pushback cloth 22g wire and 2 .022 oil & paper tone caps. My question is a friend said that he used .033 sprauge orange drop caps in a similar set-up and it realy opened up the tone allowing for some real gritty blues tones and a cleaner more traditional hum tone. Any thoughts? ?? PS Would a treble bleed kit be helpful in getting more highs out of the 57's?
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Post by roadtonever on Aug 4, 2011 1:37:49 GMT -5
Keep in mind a .033 value tone cap would sound darker than .022. To make an educated guess on the mileage you'd get from a tone cap swap or treble-bleed we would need to know if you play with the tone and volume controls or leave them at ten.
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Post by rebel082002 on Aug 4, 2011 2:31:24 GMT -5
I will be using .022 paper & oil nos caps.
As far as treble bleed, I play slot of small joints and play at low volume. But sometimes I really need to crack it. Just want to make sure I don't loose the high end at low vols. Especially with PAF hums
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Post by roadtonever on Aug 4, 2011 9:03:40 GMT -5
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Post by JohnH on Aug 4, 2011 15:31:32 GMT -5
Your set up is much the same as mine. I use 150k and 1nF treble bleed, with audio taper pots. Read all about it here: A better treble bleedThe buffer circuits work well too as an alternative John
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