Re: Duncan Distortion Mayhem set mods.What to expect?
I know you directed those question at Artie, but since I was playing with simulations of this mod last night, I feel qualified to answer.
Yes, it does. The mod pretty much is a high pass filter. The .01µF cap and the 500k resistor in series interact with the 500k to ground that the volume pot provides to form this filter. Making the value of the cap smaller will move the -3db point up the the frequency range. So will changing your volume pot to a 250k or 300k pot will shave off highs for both pickups, whether cut, parallel or in series, but with Artie's DeMud mod in place as well, the lows will also be shaved off the neck pickup in series, and more of them than would be if you had a 500k volume pot. So with the demud mod in place on the neck pickup, running a 250 or 300k volume pot shouldn't make the neck pickup too dark sounding.
I know you directed those question at Artie, but since I was playing with simulations of this mod last night, I feel qualified to answer.
Yes, it does. The mod pretty much is a high pass filter. The .01µF cap and the 500k resistor in series interact with the 500k to ground that the volume pot provides to form this filter. Making the value of the cap smaller will move the -3db point up the the frequency range. So will changing your volume pot to a 250k or 300k pot will shave off highs for both pickups, whether cut, parallel or in series, but with Artie's DeMud mod in place as well, the lows will also be shaved off the neck pickup in series, and more of them than would be if you had a 500k volume pot. So with the demud mod in place on the neck pickup, running a 250 or 300k volume pot shouldn't make the neck pickup too dark sounding.
