Thank you for explaining why tone pots use the output for the input. It never made any sense to me until you explained why. You’re the only person I found who was intuitive enough to know that it was an explanation that was needed. Thank you again for posting how one works. Good job.
Wow. The visuals in your video are great. Excellent explanation. Best I’ve seen yet. I can’t just follow a wiring diagram when doing my guitars. I have to understand what’s going on. That’s how I run all my Strats. A video that is much needed is a Tele 4 way pickup scheme with an explanation of what’s going on with each connection. Thanks so much. Will check out your site.
CooL!For Just a little over 3 years,I have been Vintage wiring my Guitars,with Vintage Tone caps,CTS,or Bourns potts,and Wire the guitars,like the 50s or 60s style,with Seymour Duncan pickups!❤,doing this,cause a Guitar,is Not Just a Guitar😮!Love your Information!Thanks😃😎❣
Thanks for the video, it was super informative. I am glad to find someone on YT who can understand how a guitar's electronics actually work, rather than just following a schematic that they got from someone else. IMO treble bleed circuits have a tinny, unnatural sound to them. Have you found one that doesn't have this problem?
You're right, but I don't think anybody really uses the word "semiconductive" to refer to semiconductors. Bro was trying to say "semi-conductive", as in conductive but only partially. You're correct in pointing out the wrong or confusing terminology, as resistors are not semiconductors. However it also might not be correct to say that semiconductors are only in active electronics, since diodes can be made from semiconductors, and are not necessarily active.
"Semiconductor" is a class of materials, it can be found in both active and passive components. Germanium is a semiconductor, a germanium diode is a passive component.
The cap only has an resistance value at certain frequencies. SO the cap would be a total short at times and a total disconnect at certain times. I think the resistor prevents surging because of this.
@@sevenpoundsalad3878 it effects the taper of the pot. Some people like it, but if you play with quite a bit of gain you need to turn the guitar down further which is a bad thing.
Wonderful! thank you. And what happens if the pot's material won't take the soldering for the tone knob example, can I just wrap a wire around the shaft's base connected to the cap?
@@MrXikwriNeyrra not sure if that would work. check out some soldering tutorials. scuff up the pot with sandpaper. I scratch mine up with whatever tool I have in hand. Heat the metal first and then add the solder while pinning the wire down with the iron. You almost need three hands to do it.
@sevenpoundsalad3878 well I figured out it works just fine without soldering it to the pot. I guess it's just for making it sit on something. My project is a saturator so I don't have to have it strictly soldered like a guitar one. Thanks for answering 🙏
I’ll Take The Single Coil Pickup and Glue a Brass Plate Under The Bottom Run a Ground Wire To Each Pickup to The Brass Plate Then Dip In Wax And There are Many Different Ways To Take Advantage of a 5 Way Selector Switch This is Just a Couple of Examples You Can Disconnect The Tone Pots And Just Have a Single Volume ……Wire The Lead Pickup and Rhythm Pickup as a Humbucker or Two Coils as One and Leave The Center Position Not Connected and You Have a On/Off On The Selector Switch And Then You Can Wire The Rhythm Pickup As a Single Pickup and The Lead Pickup as a Single Pickup and The Middle Pickup is a Sleeper Then You Get All Your Tone From Your Amp This is Just One Example Of How To Wire a 5 Way Selector Switch Or You Can Disconnect All The Tone And Have a Separate Volume Pot For Each Pickup And Wire The Pickups as Humbuckers with Two Separate Volume Pots That Control Each Pickup Separately in Other Words You Can Have Two Single Coil Pickups On At The Same Time and Have Two Separate Volumes at The Same Time Just Disconnect The Tone Pots And Make Them Volume Pots Plus Take Aluminum Foil And Layer That in The Guitar Pickup Cavity Single Coil Pickups are Noisy Enough This Helps with The Noise I Hope This Makes Sense Hey Just Have Fun Don’t Be Shy With Your Guitar Open it Up The Strat is Perfect for This Kind Of Thing
.001 microfarads on the treble bleed capacitor. it doesn't have to be this value. Look on Stewmac or Reverb for recommendations. I like Boffin adjustable treble bleeds.
There are a lot of problems in this explanation, apart from being no semiconductor. The complex impedance (resistance over frequency) of the pickup coils affect the performance and the input resistance of the guitar amp and cable. The effect of the settings of the knobs onto the guitars frequency response is dependend on these external factors. One way to visualize the frequency response would be a simulation using LTSpice. So an old tube amp (input 1000000 ohms) gives different sound to a modern transistor am (input 22000 ohms).
Just ran across this, and wondered why like many others. You don't start your wiring by attaching a ground stand to the back of all the pots? Bend the terminal your going to ground, up tight to the back of the pot like normal. Then take a clipping of wire off the tone capacitor excess length. And bend it to a 90° angle, before using it to complete the ground curcuit of your pot terminal. Now you'll be able to easily solder any other grounds to that stand. Without heaping blobs of solder onto the back of the pot repeatedly. It's very easily unsoldered if you need to make some wiring changes. Theres nothing worse about wiring a custom guitar up. Than battling giant blobs of dirty contaminated old solder. I prefer to never go down that road. Once you start doing it this way. You'll never go back to battling the blobs!
Thank you for explaining why tone pots use the output for the input. It never made any sense to me until you explained why. You’re the only person I found who was intuitive enough to know that it was an explanation that was needed. Thank you again for posting how one works. Good job.
This is an excellent and very clear illustration of how these configurations work. Great stuff ! Thank you.
Excellent. your potentiometer diagrams are spot on. ❤
Excellent explanation and visual accompaniment. Thank you.
Wow. The visuals in your video are great. Excellent explanation. Best I’ve seen yet. I can’t just follow a wiring diagram when doing my guitars. I have to understand what’s going on. That’s how I run all my Strats. A video that is much needed is a Tele 4 way pickup scheme with an explanation of what’s going on with each connection. Thanks so much. Will check out your site.
honestly like the reverb you put on your voice
CooL!For Just a little over 3 years,I have been Vintage wiring my Guitars,with Vintage Tone caps,CTS,or Bourns potts,and Wire the guitars,like the 50s or 60s style,with Seymour Duncan pickups!❤,doing this,cause a Guitar,is Not Just a Guitar😮!Love your Information!Thanks😃😎❣
Thanks for the video, it was super informative. I am glad to find someone on YT who can understand how a guitar's electronics actually work, rather than just following a schematic that they got from someone else. IMO treble bleed circuits have a tinny, unnatural sound to them. Have you found one that doesn't have this problem?
@@jamesforrest9837 it does cut off the low end. I have a follow-up video demonstrating the treble bleed. It's useful, but can sound bright and tinny.
0:13 Semiconductive material typically refers to active components (transistors, mosfets). Nothing active here, it's just a resistor
Conductive material he means.
Moderately resistive material.
You're right, but I don't think anybody really uses the word "semiconductive" to refer to semiconductors. Bro was trying to say "semi-conductive", as in conductive but only partially. You're correct in pointing out the wrong or confusing terminology, as resistors are not semiconductors. However it also might not be correct to say that semiconductors are only in active electronics, since diodes can be made from semiconductors, and are not necessarily active.
"Semiconductor" is a class of materials, it can be found in both active and passive components. Germanium is a semiconductor, a germanium diode is a passive component.
yeah many people pointed out not to say semiconductive. will update later. thanks
yes finally what i was looking for
Awesome information, thank you.
Thank you for sharing ! Really appreciated.
excellent video 😊
One thing I wish I understood is what the purpose of the resistor in the treble bleed circuit. What happens if I go up or down in value?
@@totallyunmemorable my understanding is it keeps the tone smoother through the volume drop than just using a cap by itself.
The cap only has an resistance value at certain frequencies. SO the cap would be a total short at times and a total disconnect at certain times. I think the resistor prevents surging because of this.
@GamingKeenBeaner thanks for clarifying!
@@sevenpoundsalad3878 it effects the taper of the pot. Some people like it, but if you play with quite a bit of gain you need to turn the guitar down further which is a bad thing.
I used 130K on a 250K pot, parallel with the cap.
Wonderful! thank you. And what happens if the pot's material won't take the soldering for the tone knob example, can I just wrap a wire around the shaft's base connected to the cap?
@@MrXikwriNeyrra not sure if that would work. check out some soldering tutorials. scuff up the pot with sandpaper. I scratch mine up with whatever tool I have in hand. Heat the metal first and then add the solder while pinning the wire down with the iron. You almost need three hands to do it.
@sevenpoundsalad3878 well I figured out it works just fine without soldering it to the pot. I guess it's just for making it sit on something. My project is a saturator so I don't have to have it strictly soldered like a guitar one. Thanks for answering 🙏
Awesome video
So treble bleed is essentially like the bright cap in tube amps?
No. Treble bleed maintains your treble tone when you turn down volume . Makes your volume useful imo. Cheap and easy. Recommend this
I’ll Take The Single Coil Pickup and Glue a Brass Plate Under The Bottom
Run a Ground Wire To Each Pickup to The Brass Plate Then Dip In Wax And There are Many Different Ways To Take Advantage of a
5 Way Selector Switch
This is Just a Couple of
Examples You Can Disconnect The Tone Pots And Just Have a Single Volume ……Wire The Lead Pickup and Rhythm Pickup as a Humbucker or Two Coils as One and
Leave The Center Position
Not Connected and You Have a On/Off On The Selector Switch And Then You Can Wire The Rhythm Pickup As a Single Pickup and The Lead Pickup as a Single Pickup and The Middle Pickup is a Sleeper
Then You Get All Your
Tone From Your Amp
This is Just One Example Of How To Wire a 5 Way Selector Switch
Or You Can Disconnect All
The Tone And Have a
Separate Volume Pot For Each Pickup And Wire The Pickups as Humbuckers with Two Separate Volume Pots That Control
Each Pickup Separately in Other Words
You Can Have Two
Single Coil Pickups On At The Same Time and Have Two Separate Volumes at The Same Time
Just Disconnect
The Tone Pots And Make Them Volume Pots
Plus Take Aluminum Foil And Layer That in
The Guitar Pickup Cavity
Single Coil Pickups are Noisy Enough This Helps with The Noise
I Hope This Makes Sense
Hey Just Have Fun
Don’t Be Shy With Your Guitar Open it Up
The Strat is Perfect for
This Kind Of Thing
amazing
It does not wipe across semiconductor material. It wipes across resistive material. Big difference.
What value of cap is on the volume pot?
On the volume pots(s) on any electric bass or guitar there is no capacitor. Unless you decide to install a treble bleed circuit.
.001 microfarads on the treble bleed capacitor. it doesn't have to be this value. Look on Stewmac or Reverb for recommendations. I like Boffin adjustable treble bleeds.
@ thanks
😮 the ground is out?
Hahahaha we got the plans off the internet. Now we can break in and steal the show.😂
The trouble with the treble bleed resistor is it affects the taper of your pot. I prefer the resistor in series myself.
There are a lot of problems in this explanation, apart from being no semiconductor. The complex impedance (resistance over frequency) of the pickup coils affect the performance and the input resistance of the guitar amp and cable. The effect of the settings of the knobs onto the guitars frequency response is dependend on these external factors. One way to visualize the frequency response would be a simulation using LTSpice. So an old tube amp (input 1000000 ohms) gives different sound to a modern transistor am (input 22000 ohms).
Just ran across this, and wondered why like many others. You don't start your wiring by attaching a ground stand to the back of all the pots?
Bend the terminal your going to ground, up tight to the back of the pot like normal. Then take a clipping of wire off the tone capacitor excess length. And bend it to a 90° angle, before using it to complete the ground curcuit of your pot terminal. Now you'll be able to easily solder any other grounds to that stand. Without heaping blobs of solder onto the back of the pot repeatedly. It's very easily unsoldered if you need to make some wiring changes.
Theres nothing worse about wiring a custom guitar up. Than battling giant blobs of dirty contaminated old solder. I prefer to never go down that road. Once you start doing it this way. You'll never go back to battling the blobs!
wiring diagram is a bit odd, threw me off for a moment since you have the bridge as the first control.
The track in a Pot isn't semi-conductive, it's permanently conductive but usually with a much higher resistance than copper.