TBX Tone Pot Wiring

[dystrust]

i dont think thats the stock wiring or at least not the way mine came but there have been a few "stock" wiring methods over the years, basically its a stacked pot with a cap and resistor. from 0-5 you get a 250k tone pot with a .022 cap. at the detent, i believe both pots are out of the circuit which is why there is a resistor there or you get a no-load pot at that spot. an 82k resistor is stock but i liked 220k better. from 6-10 its a 1meg tone pot with the same .022 cap. theres no bass cut there, it just sounds brighter cause the 1meg pot. if you rolled off the bottom using the .022 cap, youd have a really shrill tone. you can rewire it for a bass cut/treble cut though

Hmm, I don't think I would have any use for a bass cut. Most pickups are to shrill for me.

I have a modded TBX with a 1000pf bass cut cap in my 12-string Yamaha Pacifica. I don't use it very often on the bridge pickup, but it's great when the neck pickup is too full and cluttered sounding.

[Chris Pile]

Yes - 5, in the middle.

[Francois]

I suspect that I have a TBX tone in my (more or less) main guitar : a Jeff Beck Signature Strat version one. But I am not sure.
The bridge pickup is an genuine ice pick when the tone is full up when I play in a clean channel (well I mostly play with some kind of gain or distortion).
Maybe I should do like Jeremy.
Because I want the full tone but not more and you are never sure where the tone should be : 5 ? 6 ?
That said I would not call the TBX a tone sucker.

[Chris Pile]

Works great on basses (I have one on my Yamaha BB-100), and they make a humbucker sound like a Tele. Works well on a Les Paul to play funk lines. If they didn't work, and people didn't like them - they wouldn't be stock on so many Fenders.

[Mincer]

Hmm, I don't think I would have any use for a bass cut. Most pickups are to shrill for me.

[jeremy]

i dont think thats the stock wiring or at least not the way mine came but there have been a few "stock" wiring methods over the years, basically its a stacked pot with a cap and resistor. from 0-5 you get a 250k tone pot with a .022 cap. at the detent, i believe both pots are out of the circuit which is why there is a resistor there or you get a no-load pot at that spot. an 82k resistor is stock but i liked 220k better. from 6-10 its a 1meg tone pot with the same .022 cap. theres no bass cut there, it just sounds brighter cause the 1meg pot. if you rolled off the bottom using the .022 cap, youd have a really shrill tone. you can rewire it for a bass cut/treble cut though

[Chris Pile]

Turn it counter-clockwise, it rolls the treble off (like a normal tone pot). Turn it clockwise, and it rolls off the bass. Simple, elegant, useful. And NO batteries.

[Mincer]

I honesty never had a guitar with a TBX. It has been very long since I played something like a Clapton Strat with it, so help me out...practically, what does it do?

[ArtieToo]

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ive pulled the tbx from every guitar ive had it in and replaced it with a conventional style tone control and im much happier for it

I bought one quite some time ago, just to see what it's all about, and to better understand it to help people wire it up. I think I may just leave it in the bag.

[TXspecial86]

"forgot that class was not in session.

Oh no worries, We all see you have no class

[Chris Pile]

All these "teachers" trying to instruct me, but they forgot that class was not in session.

[TXspecial86]

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I don't know from Dirk Wacker, but I know what losing high end means. In fact, I'd guess WE ALL KNOW what losing high ends means. Which illustrates my point. Instead of inventing some clever-ass, but meaningless phrase - use the English language, and we'll all understand WTH you're talking about, and not get pissy.

I dont know you....but you seem like you are a real douchbag. When he said "tone suck" i am sure you knew exactly what he meant right? correct? So stfu and quit being a tool. Everyone knows exactly what he means

[Chris Pile]

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If you want to know the technical definiton of tone suck, it's when you lose high end.

I don't know from Dirk Wacker, but I know what losing high end means. In fact, I'd guess WE ALL KNOW what losing high ends means. Which illustrates my point. Instead of inventing some clever-ass, but meaningless phrase - use the English language, and we'll all understand WTH you're talking about, and not get pissy.

[Chistopher]

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If you want to know the technical definiton of tone suck, it's when you lose high end. And that Dirk Wacker fella is interesting, he clearly knows his stuff when it comes to electrical components on guitars, but then he posts the strangest things every now and then, like ground loops and different materials in capacitors affecting tone.

[de_dUKe]

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ICTGoober...I'm just going to assume that your post was a joke that went wrong..

It was actually the illustrious Dirk Wacker from Premier Guitar that coined the phrase and its in the link on the original post if you'd like to read it..
That's the only reason I used this phrase myself.. ..And I think Christopher copied and pasted his post..

There is so much material here for a witty come back, but I think I'll just bow out gracefully..

But you have definitely lowered the TONE of this thread..