Treble bypass

jayj · 08-07-2008, 08:27 AM

Hi all. I had been disappointed with my volume rolloff on both of my pups, anything below 9 and the sound got really dark. I bought a pair of volume kits from acmeguitarworks (Acme Guitar Works - Guitar Parts, Pickups, Electronics, and Prewired Assemblies) for humbuckers and put them on.

Guess what? They work, my rolloff feels a lot more like my tone rolloff: nice and easy until you get to about 2-3, then it drops off a cliff. My tone stays intact as I roll down.

However, now I've noticed (it's subjective) that when I'm playing with any distortion I feel like I've lost a lot of definition in my crunch, and I feel like it's too trebley, and adjusting the volume and tone doesn't fix it.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Do you think different values on the capacitor and resistor might fix the problem?

Big John · 08-07-2008, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jayj

...Do you think different values on the capacitor and resistor might fix the problem?

Definitely...experimentation.

08-07-2008, 08:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
jayj Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 124 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Treble bypass Hi all. I had been disappointed with my volume rolloff on both of my pups, anything below 9 and the sound got really dark. I bought a pair of volume kits from acmeguitarworks (Acme Guitar Works - Guitar Parts, Pickups, Electronics, and Prewired Assemblies) for humbuckers and put them on. Guess what? They work, my rolloff feels a lot more like my tone rolloff: nice and easy until you get to about 2-3, then it drops off a cliff. My tone stays intact as I roll down. However, now I've noticed (it's subjective) that when I'm playing with any distortion I feel like I've lost a lot of definition in my crunch, and I feel like it's too trebley, and adjusting the volume and tone doesn't fix it. Has anyone had a similar experience? Do you think different values on the capacitor and resistor might fix the problem?

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