I just want to caution you to have realistic expectations about how much change will actually happen here. The only rule is that there are no rules, so go right ahead and experiment - you won’t hurt anything. Historically, 250k pots have been used with single coil pickups to tame their inherent brightness a bit, and 500k-1meg potentiometers have been used with humbuckers for the opposite reason. In general, the larger the pot’s value (500k-1 Meg, for example), the brighter the guitar will sound with all volumes at full. Changing a pot’s value is also effective, but, again, it’s usually FAR more subtle than most expect it to be. If you’re interested in a different taper (how gradually they lower the volume and/or tone of the instrument along the pot’s travel), then have at it and experiment to find what works best for your rig. Others want to change out the control pots themselves, and this usually imparts an even more subtle change. Jazz players tend to favor larger value tone caps for just this reason so that they can get a nice, mellow tone. In the most basic sense, the larger the cap’s value, the more highs and high-mids they’ll remove from your signal as you roll the tone knob down. If you DO use your tone controls, then changing these caps’ VALUES will have a far more drastic effect than just changing the cap TYPE.
If you’re like a lot of players out there who don’t even use their tone controls and just leave everything on “10” the whole time, any perceived change will be minimal at best. One should also bear in mind that the tone caps are (almost) completely out of the circuit with the tone knobs all the way up.
To be sure, this will make a difference, but in reality it’s a FAR less drastic difference than they anticipate it to be. These musicians are almost always surprised when they switch out one cap for another of the same exact value using different materials (such as changing out a polypropylene cap for an oil filled, etc.). įor starters, a lot of my customers are infatuated with the idea of changing out the capacitors on their tone controls. For example, ask yourself: what specifically do I want to change? What’s not working for me as is? Are you looking to alter the sound of the instrument? If so, how? Are you installing new pickups, pots, or caps? Why? Do you understand exactly what these changes will do? Most don’t.
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I know that this isn’t technically a “wiring” mistake, but not having a full understanding of what you want to accomplish with your wiring mod is the single biggest blunder I’ve seen people make with their instruments.
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