So my dual humbucker (2 vol/2tone) equipped guitar (GS2 deluxe) comes with 250k pots and various caps. After breaking the coil tap pots (due to over enthusiastic knob pulling) I decided to totally refit it with with 500k pots, 0.047 caps and the treble bleed mod.
I'm curious as to how it will sound after.
Previously I'd fitted a JB/59 set of SeyDuncs but they just sounded terrible, like a mic was hitting the peak limiter. In my charvel the JB/59 sounds musical/sparkly/awesome. Both guitars are same wood and similar body size but the charvel is all 500k pots etc. I'm wondering if the cheap 250k pots and 0.022 caps were the cause. The stock pickups sounds fine though.
This is my 2nd go at a total rewire, so hopefully i get it right first time this time. No matter what happens, at least I'll have fixed the broken pots.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
If you connect the guitar to the amp and touch the terminals on the pickup selector switch, do you get any hum/buzz?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Very rarely, cheap far-east jacks have been known to short internally, but hopefully you didn’t use one...
Yes, the diagram makes sense.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein