Is anyone using a Twangbanger wired to a tone control on their Strat? I've seen people advise against wiring certain pups to a tone control. I see if with the SSL-5 quite often. I'm about to purchase and install the Twangbanger and I'd like to have tone control if it sounds alright that way.
Who's Using A Twangbanger Wired To Tone Control?
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DreX
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Re: Who's Using A Twangbanger Wired To Tone Control?
The Twangbanger might have been designed with the assumption that there would be no tone pot load on the bridge, so you can simply use a 1 meg or no-load tone pot to simulate the effect of not having a tone pot when the tone knob is at 10. I prefer 1 meg to no-load because it sounds about the same as a no-load, and doesn't have an abrupt output change between the jump from load to no-load when you turn the knob up to 10.
The Twangbanger might have been designed with the assumption that there would be no tone pot load on the bridge, so you can simply use a 1 meg or no-load tone pot to simulate the effect of not having a tone pot when the tone knob is at 10. I prefer 1 meg to no-load because it sounds about the same as a no-load, and doesn't have an abrupt output change between the jump from load to no-load when you turn the knob up to 10.
ItsaBass
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Re: Who's Using A Twangbanger Wired To Tone Control?
I use the DiMarzio equivalent, the Red Velvet, in the neck position of one of my Strats, with a tone control. Best aftermarket Strat neck pickup I've ever heard. The guitar has 500K pots all around, but it would be just as good with 250K; there is only the slightest difference between the two.
Don't worry about it. Assuming pots of standard passive guitar values (250K and up), a tone control on 10 sounds no different than bypassing the tone control entirely. This becomes obvious once you play a Fender Esquire (my number one guitar, FWIW), and those have 250K pots, which would make any differences even more apparent than 500K pots. If you play an Esquire in any real-world musical situation, it quickly becomes obvious that there is absolutely no point in switching between positions 1 and 2 unless you have your tone pot turned down at least a few 10ths of the pot's rotation.
I use the DiMarzio equivalent, the Red Velvet, in the neck position of one of my Strats, with a tone control. Best aftermarket Strat neck pickup I've ever heard. The guitar has 500K pots all around, but it would be just as good with 250K; there is only the slightest difference between the two.
Don't worry about it. Assuming pots of standard passive guitar values (250K and up), a tone control on 10 sounds no different than bypassing the tone control entirely. This becomes obvious once you play a Fender Esquire (my number one guitar, FWIW), and those have 250K pots, which would make any differences even more apparent than 500K pots. If you play an Esquire in any real-world musical situation, it quickly becomes obvious that there is absolutely no point in switching between positions 1 and 2 unless you have your tone pot turned down at least a few 10ths of the pot's rotation.
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Re: Who's Using A Twangbanger Wired To Tone Control?
I have the Twangbanger with a No-Load™ pot. Works fine, thank you. :approve:
I have the Twangbanger with a No-Load™ pot. Works fine, thank you. :approve:
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