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Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: sgmypod on February 06, 2007, 01:05:11 PM

Title: gordon smith..tone bleed?
Post by: sgmypod on February 06, 2007, 01:05:11 PM

HAve a graduate slimlin ...with very weird wiring how do I tell sound wise if I have a tone bleed on?

edit forgot to say has a funny tone pot 0 8 normal 9 10 fully open

Title: gordon smith..tone bleed?
Post by: Mr Ed on February 06, 2007, 01:44:05 PM

If you have it set to 9-10, shouldn't the sound be a little bit brighter?

Title: gordon smith..tone bleed?
Post by: sgmypod on February 06, 2007, 02:00:54 PM

sorry thats what I meant

Title: gordon smith..tone bleed?
Post by: Mr Ed on February 06, 2007, 02:06:24 PM

Erm, I'm confused... is it that you can't actually hear a difference?

Title: gordon smith..tone bleed?
Post by: sgmypod on February 06, 2007, 02:48:02 PM

no not sure if I have the treble bleed circuit..gor
don smith wiring is weird, so wondered what It should sound like if I have one(don't want to undo any wiring as would find hard to put back, they have 2 leads going to the live on the tone pot from each vol/ push pull pot)

Title: gordon smith..tone bleed?
Post by: Twinfan on February 06, 2007, 03:36:59 PM

Put the tone pot fully 'on' with the guitar plugged into your amp and the amp switched on.

Roll the tone pot back slowly and as it gets to 9/10ish you should hear a slight "click".  This is the tone circuit kicking in.  As you say, when the pot is fully on the tone circuit is bypassed.

There's also a treble bleed capacitor on the volume pot to retain the highs as you roll back the volume.

Title: gordon smith..tone bleed?
Post by: sgmypod on February 06, 2007, 03:45:00 PM

cool that explains a lot...like why I have 4 capacitors in there, doesn't the tonebleed kill the tone..sure I i've read tim say that?