SG electronics fun.

[Eagle]

Well, I have a 500k volume and a Parrish treble bleed in my Strats, too.

There is no hope

 

[HomespunEffects]

There is no hope

Well, you’d be proud. I tried a 1M in there and thought I went too far and took it out.

 

[la szum]

Those PCBs need to die. Permanently.

I just don't get them apart from a mass-produced, increase efficiency, this is how we do it here,
fuck the end user template. Just seems so much better to gut it and start over---especially on a
guitar that is loved and will be used for a long time.

 

[HomespunEffects]

Those PCBs need to die. Permanently.

I just don't get them apart from a mass-produced, increase efficiency, this is how we do it here,
fuck the end user template. Just seems so much better to gut it and start over---especially on a
guitar that is loved and will be used for a long time.

The only reasons to have the PCB is if you have a pull switch on all 4 pots or you have a buffer built into the guitar. But otherwise, they belong in the same pit of hell as mosquitoes.

 

[EOengineer]

I’ve settled on 500k pots wired in 50s style with a Parrish style treble bleed.

I’m going to need to research the Parrish treble bleed. I’ve never heard of it. Seems interesting.

I know it’s often said that with 50s wiring you don’t need a treble bleed but I tried it anyway and now I find that I use the volume control more. I find the tone consistent all the way down until it cuts off.

Ive read that treble bleed on 4 knob Gibsons usually ruins the middle position but maybe that’s only when used with modern wiring? Do you use the middle position much?

Doesn’t 50s wiring implicitly give you a treble bleed because of the volume pot/cap position?