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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:39 am
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HI, i just bought an American Deluxe Strat, and i was wondering what is this "SPECIAL CAPACITOR" in the S-1 switch modes? Pls advise...thanks a lot guys


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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:05 am
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yeah it really sounds good, but is there really a physical "special" capacitor inside the guitar? What makes this capacitor so "special". Can u wire a pickup in series/parallel with a capacitor?


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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:17 pm
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I've never examined the guts of an S1 equipped guitar, but I think the "special capacitor" could be a paper and oil capacitor. These caps were used in vintage electronics and often have a creamy, smooth sound. The capacitors that are normally used today are ceramic, and have a different sound. I'm not sure about this though; it is just speculation.


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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:56 am
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I have heard of modifying a guitar by adding a capacitor across the terminals of the volume pot to reduce the bleed-off of treble tone when volume is lowered. It appears from the wiring diagram that part fo the S-1 switch performs this function while also altering the pickup switching through the 5 way switch. This seems to be a "have your cake & eat it too" situation. You can solder in a cap on your volume pot, but then you can't switch. Nice work Fender!


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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:57 pm
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It is nothing special...Just a fixed tone cap. You could add this to any guitar with a capacitor from Rat Shack. What would be a better option is to build a varible 'Greasbucket' tone that can be turned on when you want it, or wired to one of the 'Superswitch' contacts.

I just designed my next custom S-1 system and I'm also adding two pull-pots in my tones to swap which pickup uses tone 1 as well as adding a 'fixed' Greasbucket tone to my bridge pickup. This is not hard to do at all. Just two caps and a resistor wited to a pull-pot and contact 5 on one of the 4 poles. And don't forget to experiment with different cap values to nail that perfect rolloff frequency! It is worth the experimental effort.

Phil 8)


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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:55 pm
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That capacitor is going to do what a crossover does. It basically makes a threshold for (more than likely) the upper end of your high range of adjustability for your tone control. Your tone control is more or less a volume control wired out of phase.

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