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Post subject: Frank's mod for guitar tone controls
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:50 pm
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  • Open the guitar
  • Unsolder all the leads from the tone controls
  • Throw the capacitor away
  • Close the guitar up
  • You're done!

This works for standard tone controls including TBX controls and can be applied to S1 switches, phase switches and series/parallel switches. In fact it works on any annoying little switch and knob that's just there to make your guitar sound muddy!

Seriously though, I hate tone controls on guitars and I always just disconnect them. I can't stand how they destroy the sparkly top end of a Strat and take all the snap and bite out of a Tele. Just give me a 5-way switch and a volume knob, anything else is surplus to requirements.

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Post subject: Re: Frank's mod for guitar tone controls
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:23 pm
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Ha ha. Actually I pretty much agree with you in that I don't usually use the tone controls. I don't go to the trouble of unsoldering the things, however. One of the necks of my doubleneck only has a volume control, so that is my only toneless guitars.

My amps have enough top end, so I don't notice any loss of sparkle.

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