The best cap material for tone pot

[Jacew]

Re: The best cap material for tone pot

You're using a .010uf cap (pretty normal value), and what value resister?

You must be using modern wiring so that the tone is lowered as the volume is lowered?

No, under 10 nf. I can't really say (or remember for that matter) exact values, as I just go with try and listen method to pick right ones for particular guitar.

I connect the pickup to middle wiper (for separate volumes for pickups) and use no load master vol after tone circuit. I don't know if that counts as "modern wiring"?

[GuitarDoc]

Re: The best cap material for tone pot

No, under 10 nf. I can't really say (or remember for that matter) exact values, as I just go with try and listen method to pick right ones for particular guitar.

I connect the pickup to middle wiper (for separate volumes for pickups) and use no load master vol after tone circuit. I don't know if that counts as "modern wiring"?

It's "modern" if the tone circuit comes off of the vol pot input lug...doesn't matter if it is the first or middle lug. If the tone circuit comes off of the output lug on the vol pot it is 50's wiring.

[Jacew]

Re: The best cap material for tone pot

It's "modern" if the tone circuit comes off of the vol pot input lug...doesn't matter if it is the first or middle lug. If the tone circuit comes off of the output lug on the vol pot it is 50's wiring.

Yep. Since I have no load master vol after the circuit, and volume for each pickup before it (albeit practically used to adjust tone rather than volume), I thought naming it either would just cause confusion...

If I need to adjust output without affecting high end I use pedal in my board after buffer.