Saturday, June 27, 2020

Treble Bleed Mod

Watching John Robson Guitaist's channel on youtube and learned about the treble bleed mod for the volume knob.  Apparently treble only works at the correct mixed in levels at full volume.  When not fully dimed the treble falls out off the mix and gets muddy.  The fix is the treble bleed mod on the volume potentiometer.

courtesy of http://www.vintagevibeguitars.com/dox/trebleBleed_tip.pdf
I could install a spdt on/on switch to use either the "seymour duncan" mod for single coil/tapped pickups and switch to lone capacitor mod for humbuckers.

Replaced out the fake bone bridge on the acoustic today and wow, what a difference.  It took some filing to get the bone cut bridge down to playable action.  I could file a little more but will wait to see how everything settles.  Wish I'd done this along time ago.  Really changed the tone of the guitar from muddy to vibrant,

SPDT switches to date, treble bleed and two coil taps , if the guitar goes this route.

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