Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: Peterku on April 26, 2006, 11:39:01 AM

Title: Wiring question
Post by: Peterku on April 26, 2006, 11:39:01 AM

What happens when you solder a 100K resistor between the two hot legs of a 500K volume pot? Does it change anything? Does the resistor function as a bypass?

Title: Wiring question
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on April 26, 2006, 05:15:41 PM

It makes the value of the pot seem lower
When the pot is full up - I would think that the pickup "sees" a 100k ohm resistance.

You may also lose top end as well
If you add a capacitor to that resistor in parallel it will behave differently again. Maybe a 0.001 Micro farad cap
Will act as a treble bleed and stop too much high end being rolled off as you turn down the volume.

I think that is right.......

Title: Wiring question
Post by: Peterku on April 26, 2006, 07:56:45 PM

Cheers, Feline. :)