Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:46 am
Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:52 am
Fri Sep 01, 2017 12:12 pm
nachoharriague wrote:So I've changed my pups to humbuckers and the lows are just too much for me. Even with all the bass rolled off it's still incredibly bassy.
I know the PTB system has it's tricks, so I'm wondering if there is any cap that I could add/take out to try to reduce the lows a little? Maybe changing the pot for a 500K one?
Looking forward to your knowledge
Fri Sep 01, 2017 12:28 pm
Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:40 pm
nachoharriague wrote:Thanks for the quick reply Craig.
I installed DP187 Cruiser Bridge in the neck and middle and a Tone Zone S in the bridge.
So far I've kept the stock wiring so it's still an expander although I'm considering the coil split. Given the nature of the pups (pretty "stratty") I might just keep the expander.
I don't have a picture right now, seem to have lost the ones from when I made the changes. If the pictures are a must-have I'll just revive the topic in a few weeks when I re-string the guitar
Hi Craig,
One thing that comes to mind is that there was a time when a .001 microfarad loading capacitor was soldered across the output of the MFD pickups to help warm them up a bit. It was either soldered across the Volume pot or across the bass pot. When on the bass pot you would see two capacitors. A .0022 (Which is the bass roll off cap) and the .001 (Which is the pickup loading cap). The .001 microfarads cap is the one that would need to be removed as it would really darken any non MFD pickup. Another thing would be to reduce the value of the bass roll off capacitor from .0022 microfarads to .001 microfarads. That would help pull out more bass frequencies.
Hope that helps,
Paul
Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:45 am
Sun Sep 03, 2017 7:52 am
nachoharriague wrote:Thanks a lot. Since we're at it, would you suggest changing the volume pot to a 500K one or would you say the sum of all this could make the guitar excessively bright?
It would be best to keep all the control values as is, however, no harm in trying a 500K volume control and see if you like it better.
Paul
Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:01 am
Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:03 am
Craig wrote:nachoharriague wrote:Thanks a lot. Since we're at it, would you suggest changing the volume pot to a 500K one or would you say the sum of all this could make the guitar excessively bright?
Here is Paul's reply:It would be best to keep all the control values as is, however, no harm in trying a 500K volume control and see if you like it better.
Paul