Les Paul / Noiseless Strat Emulation in a Superstrat, Completed

[State of Epicicity]

Haha I just corrected my inadvertent mistake with the mid scoop, and it really sounds even better; I can't believe it. I when ChatGPT had calculated I needed 572Ω for the resistance in the midscoop, I'm so used to kilohm values in guitar, I just unthinkingly wired in 572K instead! I just fixed that, and it took all of five minutes. Luckily I have a box of trimpots, so I just grabbed a 1K trimpot, and it was easy to dial that quickly to 572K exactly. Although my mistake still sounded good, the high end was sharper in tone than I had tested, and now I know why! Now it sounds refined, warm, and awesome! Here's the corrected diagram:

 

[State of Epicicity]

I've actually done a bunch of alteration to my circuit since I last updated. I discovered I did not want the same midscoop for all the single coil style tones; instead I went for a mid scoop for the neck, a different scoop for the middle, and high and low pass filter for the bridge. I also added a low pass filter for all but the middle position. I reverted to my old method of using DuPont / breadboard jumper wire dangling from under the pickguard to tune the high and low pass filters by ear.

I've done so much testing across Plexi tones with various IRs, and this just sounds incredible across the board. I am really confident now that I could plug this motherfucker into just about any amp and get a great tone from it. Here's where I ended up, and keep in mind I used trimpots for all resistance values, in order to get precise values:

Both Treble Bleeds: 820pF||150K

LP Tones:

Bridge and Neck Resonant Peak Loweing: 1.5nF||680pF||450K in parallel with pickup
Bridge and Neck Low Pass Filter: 820pF

SC Style Tones:

Neck Mid Scoop: 3.75H+(3.3µF||.22 µF||.47µF||2.2µF)+520K, Low Pass Filter: 220pF

Middle Mid Scoop: 3.06H+(.47µF||1µF||2.2µF)+700K

Bridge P90: Low Pass Filter: 1.5nF, High Pass Filter: 3.3nF

And here's my final wiring diagram:

 

[Rex]

TBH I don’t know but I always choose them in blind tests as having a more useful effect. Is you roll them down. That is tested with the same pot.

If you can get your hands on a capacitance meter, you can confirm or deny.

 

[Eagle]

If you can get your hands on a capacitance meter, you can confirm or deny.

It’s still not that straightforward. There is more going on than the meter can read.