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Re: So....500k pots for everyone!
I am using 500K pots even on my tele!
Sure, it is a bit brighter but that's where using a nice cap and tone pot comes into play. I think, "you cannot add clarity when needed", but with the tone pot "you can always wash off some extra highs".
That said, I know getting used to using the tone control extensively, takes some getting used to.
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PS. I never got to like a 1M pot tho. I had some lying around (for an amp build, those big alphas) and I kinda found them a bit sterile on my LP. It was as if some sound dude boosted up ~2kHz-3kHz a bit while I am playing... Did not like it at all.Last edited by dr.barlo; 05-24-2020, 04:28 AM.
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Re: So....500k pots for everyone!
Originally posted by Dave Locher View PostWhat is '50s wiring for a Strat or Tele? (Or what is modern wiring?) I don't know and would like to learn something newOriginally posted by crusty philtrumAnd that's probably because most people with electric guitars seem more interested in their own performance rather than the effect on the listener ... in fact i don't think many people who own electric guitars even give a poop about the effect on a listener. Which is why many people play electric guitars but very very few of them are actually musicians.
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Originally posted by Dave Locher View PostWhat is '50s wiring for a Strat or Tele? (Or what is modern wiring?) I don't know and would like to learn something new
three way switch
no tone control on bridge pickup
Note: for the first few months of 1954 Strat production, 100K pots were used
Tele wiring, 1952–1967:
1. bridge pickup, no tone control
2. neck pickup with tone control
3. neck pickup with all treble removed
Tele wiring before that (double Esquires, Broadcasters, nocasters, and early Telecasters) featured a pickup blend control instead of the tone control:
1. bridge pickup, blend control to roll in neck pickup
2. neck pickup with no tone control and no blend control
3. neck pickup with all treble removed, no blend control
IMO, original Strat wiring is far superior to modern, but original Tele wiring is not. That said, I don't like modern Tele wiring either, because I have no use for the both pickups on ("middle") setting, and I don't like master tone controls. I wire for a combination of Esquire and early blend wiring:
1. bridge pickup, no tone control
2. bridge pickup, with tone control
3. neck pickup, no tone control
Positions 1 and 2 are like an Esquire, and position 3 is like the middle position of the early Tele wiring scheme.Last edited by ItsaBass; 05-24-2020, 01:44 PM.Originally posted by LesStratYogi Berra was correct.Originally posted by JOLLYI do a few chord things, some crappy lead stuff, and then some rhythm stuff.
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I’ve seen at least 3 different versions of the Fender Tele dark circuit in various schematics for broadcaster, Esquire and telecaster. When I tried the one with two caps and a resistor it actually didn’t remove all the treble. It seemed to leak the highest treble part of the signal and the result was kind of an arch top sound of you strum up by the neck. You could hear the pluck of the pick on the strings. Very useful, switching from rhythm to lead.
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Originally posted by beaubrummels View PostI’ve seen at least 3 different versions of the Fender Tele dark circuit in various schematics for broadcaster, Esquire and telecaster. When I tried the one with two caps and a resistor it actually didn’t remove all the treble. It seemed to leak the highest treble part of the signal and the result was kind of an arch top sound of you strum up by the neck. You could hear the pluck of the pick on the strings. Very useful, switching from rhythm to lead.Originally posted by LesStratYogi Berra was correct.Originally posted by JOLLYI do a few chord things, some crappy lead stuff, and then some rhythm stuff.
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What is all this Tele stuff you guys are discussing?!?!?!?
I'm talking about balls-to-the-wall 15k+ Ceramic metal guitar!Originally posted by Bad City
He's got the crowd on his side and the blue jean lights in his eyes...
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Originally posted by Aceman View PostWhat is all this Tele stuff you guys are discussing?!?!?!?
I'm talking about balls-to-the-wall 15k+ Ceramic metal guitar!
Someone mentioned "modern wiring" for a Strat and Tele and I wondered what that meant. We can now return to placing your ceramic 15k balls to the wall...
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