Well the pickups aren't the problem...but

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bard2dbone

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Hey guys -

So a while back I got a Tele and tricked it out. I basically was trying to turn it into a Brent Mason machine. It has a Vintage Hot Stack in the bridge, a Cool Rails for Strat in the middle, and a Mini Humbucker in the neck. But the blend circuit never really worked like I wanted it to. And if I turned all the way up it got REAL ice picky.

So the other day, I played a friend's Jaguar. And it hit me that his four way switching was like what a lot of Teles have: (B, B+N series, N, B+N parallel) And that those were all useful sounds that I couldn't get reliably on my Tele.

So the ineffective circuit has to go. What I'd like to do is A.) have less 'ice pick' when turned up, and B.) have a stacked volume pot with the bridge and neck on the bottom knob, and the middle on the top knob, traditional tone knob and four way switching.

So my questions are: A.) Will wiring the stacked pot as two different volumes cause any problems (Turning one up turns the other down., Having both on the same pot flips one out of phase., Turning one down while the other is up tears a hole in the universe and zombies come spilling out., Whatever...) and B.) What value of pots and capacitor will get rid of the ice pick?

If this circuit already exists all over teh intarwebz, please give me a link.
 
Re: Well the pickups aren't the problem...but

First you have to check the value of your pots. The pu volume pot should be a 250k for starters.
 
Re: Well the pickups aren't the problem...but

I strongly suspect that I have much too large value pots in it. At least I'm assuming that's why it's so unpleasantly bright.
 
Re: Well the pickups aren't the problem...but

So, do you think a stacked concentric 250k audio taper pot will work for both volumes?
 
Re: Well the pickups aren't the problem...but

I may be remembering them backwards. I want the one that turns up over its whole travel, not acting like an on/off switch where it's nothing,nothing,nothing,LOUD!

That probably is the linear, now that I think about it.
 
Re: Well the pickups aren't the problem...but

bard2dbone said:
So my questions are: A.) Will wiring the stacked pot as two different volumes cause any problems (Turning one up turns the other down., Having both on the same pot flips one out of phase., Turning one down while the other is up tears a hole in the universe and zombies come spilling out., Whatever...) and B.) What value of pots and capacitor will get rid of the ice pick?
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A. No, as long as it is independent concentric pots and not a dual stacked potentiometer or pan/blend pot where the two pots are synchronized.

B. 250k, .05mfd, respectively.
 
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