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Post by hdj on May 6, 2008 17:42:16 GMT -4
I've been thinking about bypassing the tone pots in my Les Paul since I never use them....They actually get on my nerves b/c I'll accidently turn one from time to time, then get puzzled b/c my tone isn't as bright, then I realize what happened and set the tone knob back to 10....
Would the tone benefit any from that? Or not make a difference?
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Post by hdj on May 6, 2008 17:53:24 GMT -4
I forgot to mention this.....I also want to hook both pickups to only one volume pot....yeah, I'd then have 3 knobs (pots) that aren't connected to anything....Having 2 volume pots has always been useless to me also...
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Post by stratman on May 7, 2008 14:33:43 GMT -4
It could have an effect on you tone Joe because pots are variable resistors, unfortunately i can't remember whether the pot on 10 is full or no resistance (and i don't have my multi-meter to hand to check) if 10 is no resistance; just bypass the pot, if 10 is full resistance bypass the pot using a resistor that matches the resistance of the pot; usually 500k on a LP, although Gibson did use 300k at times.
I think this is correct.
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Post by hdj on May 8, 2008 13:47:22 GMT -4
Cool, thanks for the info. I'll have to dig deeper about the resistance...
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Post by elklandercc on May 8, 2008 15:58:35 GMT -4
You never do the killswitch trick Joe?
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Post by hdj on May 9, 2008 12:53:40 GMT -4
You never do the killswitch trick Joe? Nah, never use that trick.....Main reason is b/c I have a bad habit of accidently hitting my toggle switch from time to time, so I always keep both volumes turned up.... Which brings me to another mod......take out one of the tone pots and make it a rotary pickup selector....
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Post by Mr. G. on May 9, 2008 14:06:04 GMT -4
if you don't need to quickly switch between pickups, then a rotary switch would be ok, but if you switch between pickups quickly while playing lead, or going between rhythm and lead, then a toggle switch is much better. It takes too long to twist a rotary switch, and it's easy to twist it to the wrong setting.
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Post by hdj on May 9, 2008 17:08:49 GMT -4
Yeah, I've actually thought about that as I do switch pickups in the middle of leads, etc....I just hate the toggle switch location on Les Pauls....
I just need a custom guitar built.... ;D
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Post by Mr. G. on May 9, 2008 19:33:37 GMT -4
You could always get a PRS SE Singlecut, or you could just use a master tone knob and move the switch to one of the unused tone pot holes.
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Post by hdj on May 12, 2008 18:19:46 GMT -4
That's a damn fine idea on moving the switch to an unused tone pot position.....Might make my LP look stupid, but I don't care about that kind of thing...
I do want to get a PRS one of these days....damn mortgage is keeping me from it though.
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