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Old 01-15-2008, 03:12 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Re: Changing a capacitor - what does it actualy do to the sound?

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Originally Posted by LoKi View Post
Yea I'm really not an EVH fan at all, and I love my volume and tone controls, thats for sure!

I think its amazing though, what your pickups actually sound like when the controls are out of the equation. Its like a different world. If they could make a set of pots that were full bypass when you turned them up to 10, I'd be interested... Either that or some nifty wiring trick... Hmmm.
They made them. CTS no-load pots. Exactly what you want. When you reach 10, there's a notch, a small groove inside and you feel the click. Then the pot is bypassed and works simply as a piece of wire. Rolling back, you have to applly a little pressure to unlock bypass.

Have those on anoter Strat in 250K. Used as a tone, gives you razor sharp trebble but with a slight growl, very nice sound. And if you bypass vol too, guitar turns rabbid. Very aggressive.

So the word you are looking for is NO-LOAD.
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