Treble bleed cap with Surfer Antiquity II's

[Stavrose]

Hi All

I wondered if you could share your thoughts on whether a treble bleed mod works well with Antiquity II Surfer pickups?

I'm in the process of fitting the surfers to my american std strat and I've been using a treble bleed cap (no resistor, just cap) previously and was intending to keep it when the surfers get fitted. Any thoughts?

TIA!
Stavs

 

[jeremy]

whatever value you have now is probably fine. the mod itself works great with surfers, the value is personal preference as much as anything else which is why i suggest starting with whatever value you were happy with before

 

[Mincer]

I never used a treble bleed with the Surfers...that's the great thing, they sound great either way.

 

[Lewguitar]

I use Surfers and never needed a treble bleed.

But if you do:

Kinman: 1.2 nf and 130K in series

John Suhr: 680 pf and 150K in parallel

Lindy Fralin: 2200 pf and 220K in parallel

Take your pick!

 

[PFDarkside]

I use Surfers and never needed a treble bleed.

But if you do:

Kinman: 1.2 nf and 130K

John Suhr: 680 pf and 150K

Lindy Fralin: 2200 pf and 220K

Take your pick!

Just want to note the Kinman is in series, the other two are parallel.

 

[Lewguitar]

Just want to note the Kinman is in series, the other two are parallel.

You're right. My notes even said that if I had looked more carefully. Thanks!

 

[wagonicfolding]

Treble bleed should have no effect if the volume pot is on full, it's a high pass filter meant to retain highs as you turn the volume pot down. It certainly should not cause muddiness unless it's incorrectly installed.