SD Tone Circuits

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ericmeyer4

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I am not a fan of metal knobs as I like to have numbers on my knobs. If I find a tone I like, I want to be able to do it again and I find I have a hard time with this with metal knobs.

What is the pot range on the tone circuits?

I was thinking of replacing the metal knobs that come with them with some '72 tele deluxe style knobs because these have the numbers on them and a set screw to work on solid shaft pots.

My plan is to set the neutral position on the knobs at 5 and let 10 be the most boost and 1 be the most cut.

Will this work? Or is the pot range different than a standard pot?

Thanks,
Eric
 
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Seymour Duncan Tone Circuits

I don't like metal knobs and want to replace them.

Because the tone circuits are active they boost and cut the highs, mids, and lows where a passive circuit would usually only cut the highs.

I want to set the numbers so that 5 on the tone knob = No boost/cut

10= maximum boost
1= maximum cut

The question is will this work or will the numbers be off?
 
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I think it will work, but I haven't ever touched the Bassline Tone Circuit components, so... It almost seems like it's too simple to say yes, but I doubt you can fail this... A pot is a pot, they can only rotate so many degrees.
 
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Yeah the rotation should line up with whatever numbered knob you get, but if you're starting in the middle with the center detent at "5", then it doesn't really matter how far out to 10 and 1 it goes.

And technically if you're centering at "5", you've got 4 digits below and 5 digits above, since there's no zero on the knob. 5.5 is really your center point.
 
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frankfalbo said:
Yeah the rotation should line up with whatever numbered knob you get, but if you're starting in the middle with the center detent at "5", then it doesn't really matter how far out to 10 and 1 it goes.

And technically if you're centering at "5", you've got 4 digits below and 5 digits above, since there's no zero on the knob. 5.5 is really your center point.
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Thanks... that is what I was hoping for!

-Eric
 
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