1uf cap?

Re: 1uf cap?

Sounds like someone wanted a permanent load to darken the tone on the whole guitar but 1uf sounds ridiculous. Would expect .01uf maybe.

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Re: 1uf cap?

Depending on how it's wired it sounds like a reasonable value for a moderate bass cut.
 
Re: 1uf cap?

On the signal side?

Almost seems like a DC blocking cap, but I’m not sure to what effect. Some sort of anti-shock capacitor would be on the ground side, I think.

What value cap and pot are used for the bass cut on the G&L?
 
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Re: 1uf cap?

It must be a DC blocking cap. You mean 1 uF and not .1?

1 uF would pass all of the low end with no trouble. Lots of effects circuits have 1 uF coupling caps at the output.

But it’s not going to stop you from getting a shock, since that would be through the ground, not the signal wire. I’d remove it.


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Re: 1uf cap?

As you can see, I already removed it. I'm 99% sure it was on the signal side, not the ground. What difference did removing it make? I'm not sure.

It was wired with a superswitch, and position 4 was some combo of maybe the neck and bridge, and the first knob was a phase or blend. The other two knobs were master volume and master tone. I put in a standard 5 way, master volume, separate tones for the neck and bridge.
 
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hmm the 250v rate makes it seem like a shock cap, but if it really was on series with the signal then it was a moderate bass roll-off, prolly to keep the guitar sounding tight even if you go to 0 on tone pot.
 
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