Treble Bleed Circuit

vel0c1ty

vel0c1ty

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What capacitors and resistors would you guys recommend for a treble bleed circuit?

This is going in a HH Jackson with a basswood body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, and neck-thru construction. The p'ups are a Jazz neck and Screamin' Demon bridge. The tone cap is 0.022uF.

I'm not sure if wood matters because when I have the volume pot all the way up, it sounds amazing. But as soon as I turn it down, it sounds dull and lifeless.

Help would be appreciated.
 
Re: Treble Bleed Circuit

There are at least a half dozen different types of treble bleed circuits. Some just use capacitors, some use capacitors and resistors. My suggestion would be to first try wiring it in 50's style. No cap or resistor required, but it retains the treble as the volume is rolled off.

If that doesn't do it for you here are a couple suggestions:
Put a .001 mf cap between lugs 2 and 3 of the vol pot,
Put .001 mf cap and 150k ohm resistor in parallel between the input and output lugs of the vol pot,
Put .002 mf cap and 100k ohm resistor in parallel between input and output of vol pot.

There are an unlimited number of combinations you could try depending on which result is the most pleasing to you. You simply have to try a few to see what you like, or modify/make your own combination to get what you like.
 
Re: Treble Bleed Circuit

GuitarDoc said:
There are at least a half dozen different types of treble bleed circuits. Some just use capacitors, some use capacitors and resistors. My suggestion would be to first try wiring it in 50's style. No cap or resistor required, but it retains the treble as the volume is rolled off.

If that doesn't do it for you here are a couple suggestions:
Put a .001 mf cap between lugs 2 and 3 of the vol pot,
Put .001 mf cap and 150k ohm resistor in parallel between the input and output lugs of the vol pot,
Put .002 mf cap and 100k ohm resistor in parallel between input and output of vol pot.

There are an unlimited number of combinations you could try depending on which result is the most pleasing to you. You simply have to try a few to see what you like, or modify/make your own combination to get what you like.
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I didn't expect the 50's wiring to work as well as it did. So thanks GuitarDoc.
 
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