Stew Mac Treble Bleed

[greywolf]

A simple way to make the treble stay clean at any volume .. it works

http://www.stewmac.com/tsarchive/ts0182.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ts0182

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

I have it on 2 of my guitars, works great.
It's not for everyone, just try it, if ya don't like it, un-clip it.

 

[Cagey]

I've done that for most of my guitars, as well as for guitars I've built or worked on for others. It's a super-inexpensive (about $1) mod that really does make a useful difference.

 

[crash]

150k resistor and 1nF cap is not the best to use in every guitar.  That combo is best for low to moderate output humbuckers.

Here is the web page that was mentioned in that video.  I have it bookmarked.

http://guitarnuts2.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wiring&action=display&thread=5317

 

[greywolf]

Since that had Filtertrons it was a good value , to be sure Higher outputs can benefit from different ones , but the concept is good .  I have it on my gibson and love it

 

[ezas]

I like the 'Chris Kinman' recommended values of .0012uf cap in series with a 130k resistor. I have tried both parallel (like he shows in the video) and I like series better. But it's a matter of taste of course.

All my 3 guitars get either a treble bleed or 50's wiring to minimize treble loss with volume drop.

On a related note: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Potentiometers/JackPot_Potentiometer.html

Probably not for everybody but I might work it into my parts strat instead of a mini switch to do the same thing.