Treble bleed

[KLINKDETROIT]

Just ried the treble bleed thing. Made an improvement over the somewhat bright highs of the TB-6 distortion. Kinda gave it a darker more vocal vibe. I used a .001 for a tad off the highs then for the hell of it I tried a .047 and it sounded very dark and vocal but masked too, almost like the tone knob was on but different. I think .047 is too much and almost unusable on a bridge pickup for most applications but it was cool to see the difference.
I will keep the .001 on for now and maybe experiment with small incriments and see what it does. Does anyone have experience with other # caps for the treble bleed mod? What are most prefered?

 

[Artie]

Re: Treble bleed

Are you sure you did a "treble bleed" mod? Like this:

treble bleed mod

This mod should add high frequencies, not remove them. And a .047 should add more than a .001.

You may want to double check your wiring. If you accidently wired across the wrong two terminals, (the left two in that diagram), you'ld get what you're experiencing.

Also, the treble-bleed mod only has affect as you roll the volume down. When the volume control is at "10", its completely removed from the circuit. If you could hear a difference, when the volume is up, you've done something else. (As in, using the wrong two terminals. Or, applying it to the tone control, instead of the volume control.)

 

[MattPete]

Re: Treble bleed

Artie: I think he's talking about my treble bleed mod, which is designed to tame a too bright guitar by bleeding some of the treble to ground. It's kinda the opposite of the treble bleed volume control mod.

 

[Artie]

Re: Treble bleed

Ah . . . I see.

In the words of the great Roseanne Rosannadanna . . . nevermind. :laugh2:

 

[KLINKDETROIT]

Re: Treble bleed

Artie: I think he's talking about my treble bleed mod, which is designed to tame a too bright guitar by bleeding some of the treble to ground. It's kinda the opposite of the treble bleed volume control mod.

YEAH THATS THE ONE.
IT MAY BE CALLED SOMETHING ELSE.
CAN YOU SPECIFY THE MOD YOU ARE REFERING TO TO SEE IF I DID IT RIGHT?