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    Can guitar pedals with huge gain damage the next pedal?

    I have a DOD Carcoza Fuzz and it can go really really loud. Funny thing because according to the manual the current draw is only 4 mA. I'm a bit worried if I accidentally turn it to max, if I could damage the next pedal.
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    Does a resistor in series with a pickup change the tone?

    I've read that every resistor has some parasitic capacitance and therefore has the ability to filter high frequency signals. I wondered if that would matter in practical terms in guitar wiring. I'm specifically interested in the effects on tone of regular 250k or 500k audio pots wired as a...
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    Connecting hot of unused pickup to ground, will it cause noise or change the tone?

    I've concocted a new wiring scheme for my HSS strat using 2 push/pull switches. In several pickup configurations it will leave the hot of my neck single coil connected to ground through the tone pot and tone cap (when both the neck pickup and the tone pot are not in use). I'm wondering if such...
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    Splitting a hot rails and get RWRP with single coil

    Hi, new member here. Hope you guys can help me out. I have a strat with a hot rails in the bridge, and single coils in mid and neck. Currently, the hot rails in standard series wiring is in phase with the single coils. I want to split the hot rails with a push pull switch but can only pick 1 of...
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