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Post subject: Am Deluxe Strat - whats the .01uF cap on the switch for
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 12:48 pm
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my 2013 deluxe strat with S1 switch has a .01uF cap on the 5-way discrete switch.

what does this cap actually do?

i see the bridge hotwire being "jumped" to a switch lug where this .01uF cap is. bridge ground goes to pos8 on S1 and chasis shield goes to back of tone1.

i ask because i'm replacing this switch with a 5-way switch and don't know whether to keep that cap or not?

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Post subject: Re: Am Deluxe Strat - whats the .01uF cap on the switch for
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 8:43 pm
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The Fender schematic for the HSS is easier to read than the SSS version ...

http://support.fender.com/service_diagr ... A_SISD.pdf

http://support.fender.com/service_diagr ... B_SISD.pdf

Shows a 0.1uF caps (0.022uF for the HSS) from (I think) the common terminal of the tone control side of the switch to ground.

Looking at the schematics, it seems to be a shock prevention cap. Dan Armstrong recommended this mod way back in 1985 in his three-switch Super Strat wiring mod. He put a cap in the bridge ground wire, electrically it's exactly the same thing as the Fender version ...

http://ashbass.com/AshBassGuitar/armstr ... ram800.gif

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