Post by soggybag on Jan 7, 2017 22:43:30 GMT -5
Great analysis! I have a set of Alumitone Humbuckers that work great. I noticed the shortcomings the standard tone control has with these pickups as you mentioned. I tried your suggestion of a varitone type tone control and worked very well!
I used a 12 position rotary switch and a range of caps from 330pf to 0.047µf. My tone control looks like this with 12 positions.
Here are a few pictures. The device is a bit of a mess. Each cap is soldered to a lug and all the remaining legs are twisted and soldered together.
I have another set of Alumitones I want put in a LP style guitar. I was thinking about using the same type of tone control for each pickup.
As an alternative idea I was thinking about using the two controls as a master treble and bass control. The treble control would work like the varitone above. The bass control would look the same but place the cap in series rather than going to ground.
I used a 12 position rotary switch and a range of caps from 330pf to 0.047µf. My tone control looks like this with 12 positions.
Here are a few pictures. The device is a bit of a mess. Each cap is soldered to a lug and all the remaining legs are twisted and soldered together.
I have another set of Alumitones I want put in a LP style guitar. I was thinking about using the same type of tone control for each pickup.
As an alternative idea I was thinking about using the two controls as a master treble and bass control. The treble control would work like the varitone above. The bass control would look the same but place the cap in series rather than going to ground.
