Can I use a capacitor in 1 Volume pot setup?
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rockskate4x
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I'm no wiring expert, but I've only seen the capacitors on tone pots. It's what makes a tone pot a tone pot. No tone pot=no capacitor
Thanks for the replies, gents.
As I am not familiar with electric parts and how they work,
I can't tell you exactly what I want... :dontknow:
The reason I asked the question was that I did notice the
improvement in sound when I replaced the stock cap on my
LP to an aftermarket cap from RS Guitar Works. But the
problem is that my new project guitar has only one volume pot.
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=8886.0
I just wanted to see if I can use the same RS cap even without
a tone pot.
The pickups are Gibson 500T and 496R humbuckers. I am looking
to get an all-out sizzling metal crunch. Do I even need a cap? :icon_scratch:
TS
As I am not familiar with electric parts and how they work,
I can't tell you exactly what I want... :dontknow:
The reason I asked the question was that I did notice the
improvement in sound when I replaced the stock cap on my
LP to an aftermarket cap from RS Guitar Works. But the
problem is that my new project guitar has only one volume pot.
http://www.unofficialwarmoth.com/index.php?topic=8886.0
I just wanted to see if I can use the same RS cap even without
a tone pot.
The pickups are Gibson 500T and 496R humbuckers. I am looking
to get an all-out sizzling metal crunch. Do I even need a cap? :icon_scratch:
TS
Using only one 500K pot for vol, you have no need for a cap.
The 500K value is going to give mo' "sizzle" from your bucker than a 250.
Fo' example, I recently replaced my vol knobs on my Dime guit with 1 Meg pots...it really woke up the soud a bit, not DRAMATIC! but it did make a bit more bite.
For the Shizzle yous lookin fo', I would reccomend NOT using a cap at all
-EDIT-...unless...
Have you heard of a treble bleed circuit?
This is where you take a low value cap and put it on your vol control so you have less high end loss as you turn the vol knob down...that should help with the sizzle!
The 500K value is going to give mo' "sizzle" from your bucker than a 250.
Fo' example, I recently replaced my vol knobs on my Dime guit with 1 Meg pots...it really woke up the soud a bit, not DRAMATIC! but it did make a bit more bite.
For the Shizzle yous lookin fo', I would reccomend NOT using a cap at all
-EDIT-...unless...
Have you heard of a treble bleed circuit?
This is where you take a low value cap and put it on your vol control so you have less high end loss as you turn the vol knob down...that should help with the sizzle!
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There appears to be a bit of confusion about this to a lot of people...
While I'm sure that replacing the stock cap in your LP with a higher quality component, to the best of my knowledge - and I'm sure somebody will chome in if I'm mistaken about this - the only stock guitar wiring circuits with a cap across the volume control were vintage Fender Esquire/Broadcater/Telecasters. If you've ever played a stock 50's version of one of these, that cap was requisite to bleed off some of the treble or else you've got REALLY severe "icepick in the ear" treble. Even with the cap (example of circuit of which I speak 50's Tele: http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=1953_tele) installed of the vol potentiometer we're still talking "maximum twangy".
Using any sort of modern humbucking pickups, adding a cap like that to the circuit is just going to make it sound muddy as hell....
While I'm sure that replacing the stock cap in your LP with a higher quality component, to the best of my knowledge - and I'm sure somebody will chome in if I'm mistaken about this - the only stock guitar wiring circuits with a cap across the volume control were vintage Fender Esquire/Broadcater/Telecasters. If you've ever played a stock 50's version of one of these, that cap was requisite to bleed off some of the treble or else you've got REALLY severe "icepick in the ear" treble. Even with the cap (example of circuit of which I speak 50's Tele: http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=1953_tele) installed of the vol potentiometer we're still talking "maximum twangy".
Using any sort of modern humbucking pickups, adding a cap like that to the circuit is just going to make it sound muddy as hell....
Fender put out that "La Cabronita" guitar based on the esquire/tele, with the TV Jones powertrons. They have a load capacitor fitted to the volume with an S-1 switch.
i'm not a wiring guru but with a push pull pot wouldn't you be able to achieve something similar without coloring the tone when the cap is inactive?
i'm not a wiring guru but with a push pull pot wouldn't you be able to achieve something similar without coloring the tone when the cap is inactive?
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No tone pot, no cap. Done.
