why only 1 caps used on a strat?
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Artie
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Re: why only 1 caps used on a strat?
I don't think its economics as much as functionality. If you used two caps, they'ld be in parallel in the notch position. It would be like doubling the cap value and you'ld lose most, if not all, of the high-end. If they were both .047, you'ld lose most everything.
I don't think its economics as much as functionality. If you used two caps, they'ld be in parallel in the notch position. It would be like doubling the cap value and you'ld lose most, if not all, of the high-end. If they were both .047, you'ld lose most everything.
Fresh_Start
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Re: why only 1 caps used on a strat?
Artie - you are absolutely right about avoiding a circuit with two caps (and tone pots) going to ground in parallel. However, you could wire a Strat with one cap for the neck and neck/middle and another cap for the bridge and bridge/middle, leaving the middle pup alone position without tone control.
Might be good in some situations, say you want a .0015 tone cap for the neck pup to get that "woman tone" but the bridge pup is top heavy and you want a .0033 on that.
Just a thought...
Chip
Artie - you are absolutely right about avoiding a circuit with two caps (and tone pots) going to ground in parallel. However, you could wire a Strat with one cap for the neck and neck/middle and another cap for the bridge and bridge/middle, leaving the middle pup alone position without tone control.
Might be good in some situations, say you want a .0015 tone cap for the neck pup to get that "woman tone" but the bridge pup is top heavy and you want a .0033 on that.
Just a thought...
Chip
ErikH
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Re: why only 1 caps used on a strat?
MIA Strats with the TBX Tone Control have two caps in parallel in position 2 (neck + middle). In stock form, the TBX was wired to the bridge and middle pickups with its own tone cap and the neck tone control has its own tone cap, both .022uf.
Since putting in the Texas Specials, it's been wired without a tone control on the middle pickup. But, when it was stock, I never noticed much of a difference with the highs "going away" in the notch position.
MIA Strats with the TBX Tone Control have two caps in parallel in position 2 (neck + middle). In stock form, the TBX was wired to the bridge and middle pickups with its own tone cap and the neck tone control has its own tone cap, both .022uf.
Since putting in the Texas Specials, it's been wired without a tone control on the middle pickup. But, when it was stock, I never noticed much of a difference with the highs "going away" in the notch position.
Stratsky
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Re: why only 1 caps used on a strat?
both my strats are wired with the tone controls on the bridge and neck. The middle pickup is brighter making the notch positions brighter.
both my strats are wired with the tone controls on the bridge and neck. The middle pickup is brighter making the notch positions brighter.
Re: why only 1 caps used on a strat?
The impedance of the pickup and the cap value determines the high end cutoff frequency.
Two pickups in parallel would provide 1/2 the impedance (assuming the two pickups have the same impedance).
Doubling the cap value would then keep the high end cutoff frequency the same as a single pickup.
I don't think its economics as much as functionality. If you used two caps, they'ld be in parallel in the notch position. It would be like doubling the cap value and you'ld lose most, if not all, of the high-end. If they were both .047, you'ld lose most everything.
The impedance of the pickup and the cap value determines the high end cutoff frequency.
Two pickups in parallel would provide 1/2 the impedance (assuming the two pickups have the same impedance).
Doubling the cap value would then keep the high end cutoff frequency the same as a single pickup.