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Post subject: Adding a resistor between the bridge pup & switcher
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:16 pm
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Hey forum,

I have a strat and i have a 500k volume pot. I used to have a SD hotrail in the bridge position so I switch the stock 250k pot for a 500k. I replaced the hotrail for a carvin ap11 and I love it but it there's too much pop to the notes. I know that this is because of the volume pot replacement, but i really love the way that the new pot brightened up the neck and middle pickup. I have the stock 250k tone pots hooked up to the neck and mid pickups. That being said, will adding a resistor between the bridge pickup and the pickup switcher help to get rid of some of the "pop" of the bridge pickup?

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Post subject: Re: Adding a resistor between the bridge pup & switcher
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:15 am
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MrStratguy22 wrote:
Hey forum,

I have a strat and i have a 500k volume pot. I used to have a SD hotrail in the bridge position so I switch the stock 250k pot for a 500k. I replaced the hotrail for a carvin ap11 and I love it but it there's too much pop to the notes. I know that this is because of the volume pot replacement, but i really love the way that the new pot brightened up the neck and middle pickup. I have the stock 250k tone pots hooked up to the neck and mid pickups. That being said, will adding a resistor between the bridge pickup and the pickup switcher help to get rid of some of the "pop" of the bridge pickup?

Thanks in advance!
-Matt


Welcome, Matt!

I'm not sure what you mean by, "pop". Howsoever, wiring one end of a 500K ohm resistor to the positive terminal of where your bridge pickup is wired to the selector switch and the other end of the resistor to ground will have the bridge pickup 'seeing' a 250K pot when selected.

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Post subject: Re: Adding a resistor between the bridge pup & switcher
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:18 pm
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I should've specified in the original post. What I mean by "pop" is too much treble on the attack. My goal is to get a very smooth attack. I pick using the edges of the pick and I've played other guitars and I get the tone I want but I don't have the money to buy another guitar right now. So the "pop" being too much high end and too much treble on the attacks
So adding a 500k resistor would cut some of the highs?


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Post subject: Re: Adding a resistor between the bridge pup & switcher
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:35 pm
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MrStratguy22 wrote:
I should've specified in the original post. What I mean by "pop" is too much treble on the attack. My goal is to get a very smooth attack. I pick using the edges of the pick and I've played other guitars and I get the tone I want but I don't have the money to buy another guitar right now. So the "pop" being too much high end and too much treble on the attacks
So adding a 500k resistor would cut some of the highs?


Yes, it would hump up the midrange while reducing the more extreme lows and more extreme highs.

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Post subject: Re: Adding a resistor between the bridge pup & switcher
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 6:23 pm
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Okay, I think this sounds like a smart move. It sounds very thin by itself. Since I'm just starting to get into modding, I was considering this mod -
http://www.guitarelectronics.com/produc ... ntrol.html
which would add a push/pull and switch between tone control (which I would wire to the bridge pup) and volume. The only issue I see with it would be that if I wanted to use the bridge pickup for rhythm, I would still have no tone control on it. However if I do both mods and add the resistor as well as the push/pull, I should be okay because the resistor will be doing it's job. Do you think this is too complicated? haha

Also, what do drop capacitors do?

Thank you for all this help by the way. I really appreciate it.


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Post subject: Re: Adding a resistor between the bridge pup & switcher
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:11 pm
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MrStratguy22 wrote:
Okay, I think this sounds like a smart move. It sounds very thin by itself. Since I'm just starting to get into modding, I was considering this mod -
http://www.guitarelectronics.com/produc ... ntrol.html
which would add a push/pull and switch between tone control (which I would wire to the bridge pup) and volume. The only issue I see with it would be that if I wanted to use the bridge pickup for rhythm, I would still have no tone control on it. However if I do both mods and add the resistor as well as the push/pull, I should be okay because the resistor will be doing it's job. Do you think this is too complicated? haha

Also, what do drop capacitors do?

Thank you for all this help by the way. I really appreciate it.


You're quite welcome.

Frankly, I think flip flopping between a volume and a tone pot as a singular component serves no practical purpose as you've even implied.

An "Orange Drop" Capacitor is a superior cap put out by Sprague. It looks like one of those fruit "drop" candies in orange, hence the nickname.

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Post subject: Re: Adding a resistor between the bridge pup & switcher
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:31 am
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I've been recording in the studio with my band and I don't trust myself enough with the soldering yet if I know I might need it the next day. So needless to say my project has been on hold for a little while. But what do the different types of resistors sound like? Does this one look good?
http://www.thevintagesound.com/store/ca ... p-816.html
What does it mean when the component says "0.0022uF @ 630V"?


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Post subject: Re: Adding a resistor between the bridge pup & switcher
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:04 am
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MrStratguy22 wrote:
...what do the different types of resistors sound like?


Resistors don't "sound" like anything.

MrStratguy22 wrote:
Does this one look good?


For your purposes, it is fine.

MrStratguy22 wrote:
What does it mean when the component says "0.0022uF @ 630V"?


Now you're talking capacitors. In layman's terms and in this context, "0.0022uF is what value the stored charge will be. In other words, what frequencies it is capable of either pushing through or bleeding off the circuit. The "@ 630V" is the maximum voltage it will allow through it before it fries. I know all our electrical engineers here will have a field day on this explanation but again, this is the practical essence of it in this context.

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