Wolfshead
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Today I got my first ever 7 string guitar, a cheap Schecter Omen-7. It's actually a really great playing guitar and sounds good. I'm having a very odd issue with the tone control though, which I hope I can explain clearly.
First, it's a 2 humbucker guitar with a 3 way Gibson style toggle switch. No fancy splits or anything. One master volume and, as far as I can tell, master tone.
The volume control works as it should on both pickups. The tone pot works as expected on the neck pickup, rolling off to a nice creamy sound with no real loss of gain.
But when I am using the bridge pickup and roll the tone control back, it seems to work like a volume - and if I roll it right down it completely neuters the gain (but there's still sound, it doesn't make it silent).
It's really annoying.
I thought it must be the capacitor, so I changed it for an orange drop. No difference. Okay, must be the pot. Changed the pot. No difference? WTF?!
So, to sum up -
Master tone control works as expected for the neck pickup, but kills the gain on the bridge pickup. WTF is the deal?
Ultimately, I don't use the tone control on any bridge pickup anyway, but I'm thinking even on 10 this issue MUST be neutering the bridge pickup even a little and that's no good on a 7-string metal machine.
So I'd like to a) know why this is happening just for my own interest and b) maybe a wiring diagram to rewire it so the bridge pickup isn't connected at all to the tone control, just the master volume.
First, it's a 2 humbucker guitar with a 3 way Gibson style toggle switch. No fancy splits or anything. One master volume and, as far as I can tell, master tone.
The volume control works as it should on both pickups. The tone pot works as expected on the neck pickup, rolling off to a nice creamy sound with no real loss of gain.
But when I am using the bridge pickup and roll the tone control back, it seems to work like a volume - and if I roll it right down it completely neuters the gain (but there's still sound, it doesn't make it silent).
It's really annoying.
I thought it must be the capacitor, so I changed it for an orange drop. No difference. Okay, must be the pot. Changed the pot. No difference? WTF?!
So, to sum up -
Master tone control works as expected for the neck pickup, but kills the gain on the bridge pickup. WTF is the deal?
Ultimately, I don't use the tone control on any bridge pickup anyway, but I'm thinking even on 10 this issue MUST be neutering the bridge pickup even a little and that's no good on a 7-string metal machine.
So I'd like to a) know why this is happening just for my own interest and b) maybe a wiring diagram to rewire it so the bridge pickup isn't connected at all to the tone control, just the master volume.
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