Author Topic: gordon smith..tone bleed? (Read 4198 times)

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

Mr Ed · « **Reply #1 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?

sgmypod · « **Reply #2 on:** February 06, 2007, 02:00:54 PM »

sorry thats what I meant

Mr Ed · « **Reply #3 on:** February 06, 2007, 02:06:24 PM »

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

sgmypod · « **Reply #4 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)

Twinfan · « **Reply #5 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.

sgmypod · « **Reply #6 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?