Mid Boost/Pickup Question

[EEF13]

I see that onboard mid boosts come with 50k pots. Would pickups sound to dark when mid boost is not engaged?

 

[beaubrummels]

Not if the pickup isn't directly 'seeing' that resistance when the boost is off. Boosts are powered, so I don't think it's the same as a fully passive system with the pickup 'seeing' the resistance directly. But I could be wrong. Someone else can explain in more detail.

 

[Chistopher]

If you bypass the boost it will bypass the pot too

 

[jeremy]

are you referring to the fender mid boost?

 

[freefrog]

EMG circuits like in the DG harness go with 25k and 100k pots. If memory serves me, the Clapton mid boost has a 50k volume coming after a first transistor. The Jackson mid boost circuit in my old trusty CH4 has that too, after the whole boost chip involving an op-amp instead of multiple transistors...

To go back and forth between active and passive electronics, it shouldn't be that hard to change a 250k in a 50k thx to a switchable 62k resistor in parallel (or to do the same with a 500k + a switchable 56k). The only problem is to know where the volume pot is located in order to decide how to implement such a switch.

 

[Chistopher]

I don't think we can really give a good answer until the president gives us more details about his question