Treble Bleed for Single HB Volume ONLY guitar?

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I have a guitar, which currently has custom shop SH-5 that has A8 magnet and dual hex poles in the bridge and it's killer. Currently, it's hooked up to a dual concentric pot with a Kinman style treble bleed, although I can't recall the value of resistor I went with.

But anyways, I don't really mess with the tone control on this guitar so I was looking at taking the concentric pot out and replacing it with a Liberator I have lying around. Should I bother with a treble bleed if I don't have a tone control? If a treble bleed would still work, any recommendations on what kind? Thanks!

Edit: Also... where would I hook up the treble bleed into the Liberator? Into the slot where the black wire from the pickup goes and the output jack tip goes?
 
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Re: Treble Bleed for Single HB Volume ONLY guitar?

Treble bleed works without a tone control. It just creates a high pass filter around your volume pot. It's still useful even if you disconnect the tone control.

I personally use the Suhr treble bleed circuit since that's the only one I'm familiar with.
 
Re: Treble Bleed for Single HB Volume ONLY guitar?

It depends on what sort of reaction you want from your volume knob. If you want the effects of a treble bleed, then use one. If you don't, then don't.
 
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^ Ya exactly. I don't use a tone and I use a treble bleed value, 220pf cap only, that darkens slightly as I turn down. As opposed to rolling off all high without a treble bleed. You can tune them to any effect you want such as keeping a little brightness, keeping most of the brightness, keeping same amount of brightness, or even more bright as you turn down.

Edit: I wonder if a Custom wind with hexz is a Full Shred.
 
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Clint 55 said:
^ Ya exactly. I don't use a tone and I use a treble bleed value, 220pf cap only, that darkens slightly as I turn down. As opposed to rolling off all high without a treble bleed. You can tune them to any effect you want such as keeping a little brightness, keeping most of the brightness, keeping same amount of brightness, or even more bright as you turn down.

Edit: I wonder if a Custom wind with hexz is a Full Shred.
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Full Shred uses an AlNiCo 5 magnet.


Anyways, I ended up going with a 220k resistor in series with a .0012uF cap. Working great so far!
 
Re: Treble Bleed for Single HB Volume ONLY guitar?

I know. People speculate that they're the same wind. Wondering if your custom shop Custom with hexz is just a Full Shred with A8 or not.
 
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I think this makes your pickup a full shred with an A8. A full shred is essentially Custom coils with double rows of hexes. This A8 version must sound amazing and must fix the real lean low end which is the only weakness of the FS.
 
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