Guitar Treble Bleed / Treble Bypass / Volume Mod Sprague Cap / Vishay Resistor

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Guitar Treble Bleed / Treble Bypass / Volume Mod  Sprague Cap / Vishay Resistor
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Description:
Treble Bleed Mods
Problem:
You may have noticed that as you turn your electric guitar's volume pot down the sound loses treble becoming progressively bassier. This is particularly noticeable with single coil pickups - humbuckers are not affected nearly as much. This treble loss is not a problem for everyone, as many guitarists prefer to roll off the volume slightly to get a slightly darker and less overdriven sound for rhythm playing. Turning up the volume for leads then not only boosts drive, but brightens the sound too, helping it cut through the mix better. So I'd say the golden rule is - listen to your guitar, if the loss of treble is too extreme for your taste, start tweaking. If it sounds fine to your ears - leave things as they are.
Why it Happens:
This is due to the way the pickups, pot and the capacitance of the cable work together as a lowpass filter circuit similar to a tone control. Lowpass filter circuits have a cutoff frequency, above which they cut all frequencies. With the volume control up full the frequencies being blocked by the filter circuit are very high and do not have much audible effect on the tone. When you change the resistance in the circuit by lowering the pot (raising the resistance), the filter cutoff frequency moves down into the audible range and starts cutting audible higher frequencies from the sound, making it less trebly.
The cure:
Higher quality, low capacitance cables have less affect on the treble as they move the cutoff frequency to a higher frequency. Unfortunately these cables tend to be very expensive and in many cases almost unusably thick, stiff and heavy. A shorter cable has lower capacitance, but that obviously can affect your movement onstage. However, you can compensate for the treble loss by using a capacitor to "bleed" more treble frequencies into the signal as the volume is turned down. This effectively makes a highpass filter to offset the high frequency losses of the lowpass filter.
This item included:
1pc
Sprague
715P Orange Drop Premium Capacitor,
0.001uF/600VDC
(
smaller
size won't dominate your control cavity)
1pc
Vishay
100k ohm ,1/4 watt resistor
For
Fender
,
Gibson
,
Ibanez
...... Guitars
If you have any
questions
please
feel free
to ask!
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