While trying to figure out what pots and caps to use in my lap steel, I came up with an idea for what I call “The Tone Tester.” I’m sure I’m not the first one to do this, but here it is anyway.
I wired an input jack to a dpdt on/on switch, which let’s me select, either a 250k or 500k Volume pot. Then, an spst on/on switch let’s me select a 250k or 500k Tone pot. In the center I have a 6-way rotary switch so I can pick either, no cap, .010, .015, .022, .033 or .047 (all Orange Drops). The last part is the output jack.
I wired the guitar’s six-way pup selector switch directly (and temporary) to the output jack. I plugged the guitar into the tone tester, and the tone tester into the amp. Then I played the guitar and fiddled around with different combinations of pot values and cap values. I almost went with a 500k Vol, 250k Tone, .047 cap combo, but in the end I decided on a 250/250/.047 setup.
It’s very interesting to hear the effects of all the different values.
I went a little crazy with the label maker
Despite appearances, that thing in the middle is NOT the next Mars Lander.
I wired an input jack to a dpdt on/on switch, which let’s me select, either a 250k or 500k Volume pot. Then, an spst on/on switch let’s me select a 250k or 500k Tone pot. In the center I have a 6-way rotary switch so I can pick either, no cap, .010, .015, .022, .033 or .047 (all Orange Drops). The last part is the output jack.
I wired the guitar’s six-way pup selector switch directly (and temporary) to the output jack. I plugged the guitar into the tone tester, and the tone tester into the amp. Then I played the guitar and fiddled around with different combinations of pot values and cap values. I almost went with a 500k Vol, 250k Tone, .047 cap combo, but in the end I decided on a 250/250/.047 setup.
It’s very interesting to hear the effects of all the different values.
I went a little crazy with the label maker
Despite appearances, that thing in the middle is NOT the next Mars Lander.
