Basic Guitar Electronics XIX - Twelve ways to connect the tone control
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- Опубликовано: 24 апр 2014
- Some elaboration about quite a number of ways a tone control can be connected, all doing basically the same thing.
It turns out that it does matter where the tone control is placed; it is know as the difference between 50's wiring and modern wiring. Check it out here: • Guitar Electronics 5 -... 
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Great video. When you talk about it being done slightly differently and the effect on the taper of the tone control what do you expect the difference to be? More gradual or more sudden?
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Very much appreciate your wiring vids/info. Thank you. However one thing has perplexed me...at 3:26 is the cap connected to 1 and 2 of volume pot or from lug 2 of volume into the red (hot wire/lead)? If cap IS connected to lugs 1 and 2 where is the red soldered to volume pot? Thanks for any feedback
No, it's only connected to 1 on the volume pot, together with the hot lead from the pickup.
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Hello friend! Hope you're doing well.
I finally had a chance to watch your video closely and I do have a few questions.
First of all, does the wiring that you mention to be "50s wiring (frame 3:37) have the cap connected between lugs 1 and 2? If so, does this make some sort of 'loop' between them? Also, this wiring differs (or so I think) from what I've found on the internet as "50s wiring"; please have a look:
www.mylespaul.com/forums/tonefreaks/558-wiring-library.html
Unless I'm missing something, I would say that the wiring you mention on frame 1:55 would be the one matching the "50 wiring"
It turns out that I have seen different versions of the so called "50s wiring" and now I'm confused.
Please help.
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I think you are right! I have things turned around.
As far as the tone pot and the capacitor are concerned, I don't think it will make much difference, if any at all wether the signal first 'sees' the pot or the capacitor (but I'll gladly stand corrected if anybody can demonstrate an audible difference). The important difference is wether the tone control is connected to the pickup side or the output side (50's wiring as in the article you are referring to).
Thanks!
I see. Does this have to do with the fact that if the tone control is connected to the pickup side, it always 'receives' the full load of the pickup itself, regardless of the volume pot? And that if it's connected to the output side of the volume it will be receiving the signal at different 'intensity levels' depending on the position and nuances of the volume pot?
Thanks!
Werther Ellerbrock
Watch the video by A2Guitars I'm referring to in the description box. He explains it as follows: in the case of 50's wiring, if the tone is rolled down some or all of the way and you start lowering the volume, the resistance between the coil and the capacitor increases (the bit of the volume pot between the coil and the wiper is added).
Coil loading vs. output loading.
I've added some annotations to correct my erring ways in my video. Thanks again!