Greetings everyone. Long time lingerer but first time poster.
I've got a Tele I call Slim. It's a Keith Richards Micawber tribute PartsCaster. I have a SD Antiquity HB 7.8k in the neck and a Don Mare 0038 10k in the bridge and for wiring I have an Emerson Broadcaster / Blend circuit installed (see wiring diagram). I love the sounds I'm getting from positions 1 (blend) and 2 (neck only) and never really use the pos. 3 (bass) position. But when you switch from position 2 to position 1 there is a drop in volume. It's not "horrible" but noticeable and it would be cool to be able to balance it better.
Right now I have the HB height lowered just about as far as it will go and the bridge height about as far up as I dare. I experimented with changing resistor values where the 15K resistor sits to see if that would help. Changing it seemed to mainly effect (affect?) the quality / sound of the blend knob but not the over all balance between pos 1 and 2. Interestingly, I found that a 10K is actually what sounds best there IMO and since then, in an effort to research what others have come up with for a solution, I discovered that CreamTone offers a pre-made "Brown Sugar" harness and it appears to also use a 10K there. Otherwise this and his circuit look very very similar.
Anyway, hopefully without effecting position 1, is there a way to reduce the output of the 2nd HB-only position to help balance things out? Perhaps this is impossible as when you reduce the output of the HB in position 2 it will naturally reduce it in position 1 as well?
Thanks,
Scott
p.s. I realize that this guy should only have 5 strings and saddles in order to be a *true Micawber but my other guitar is in service right now so I had to throw the extra string back on for a little while.
I've got a Tele I call Slim. It's a Keith Richards Micawber tribute PartsCaster. I have a SD Antiquity HB 7.8k in the neck and a Don Mare 0038 10k in the bridge and for wiring I have an Emerson Broadcaster / Blend circuit installed (see wiring diagram). I love the sounds I'm getting from positions 1 (blend) and 2 (neck only) and never really use the pos. 3 (bass) position. But when you switch from position 2 to position 1 there is a drop in volume. It's not "horrible" but noticeable and it would be cool to be able to balance it better.
Right now I have the HB height lowered just about as far as it will go and the bridge height about as far up as I dare. I experimented with changing resistor values where the 15K resistor sits to see if that would help. Changing it seemed to mainly effect (affect?) the quality / sound of the blend knob but not the over all balance between pos 1 and 2. Interestingly, I found that a 10K is actually what sounds best there IMO and since then, in an effort to research what others have come up with for a solution, I discovered that CreamTone offers a pre-made "Brown Sugar" harness and it appears to also use a 10K there. Otherwise this and his circuit look very very similar.
Anyway, hopefully without effecting position 1, is there a way to reduce the output of the 2nd HB-only position to help balance things out? Perhaps this is impossible as when you reduce the output of the HB in position 2 it will naturally reduce it in position 1 as well?
Thanks,
Scott
p.s. I realize that this guy should only have 5 strings and saddles in order to be a *true Micawber but my other guitar is in service right now so I had to throw the extra string back on for a little while.
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