I have a question. When you guys have changed pups, do you leave the full length of wire that come with the pup or do you trim some length for a neater install?
Guitar Pots: Linear or Analog Taper
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DirtySteve
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I never cut them short. I'll coil up the excess under the pickup in the route, or sometimes if the route is too shallow it'll cause the pickup to tilt and in that case I'll loop it around in the control cavity. If it was a guitar that I knew I'd never change the pickups in then maybe I'd cut them to length for neatness, but that has yet to happen.
The few I’ve changed, that’s the way I've done it. But on the Strat I ended up with quite a wad of wires that had to be routed just perfectly for the pick guard to screw down flat. And leaving them long for all your reasons makes sense. Was just wondering out loud.
Scott Baxendale
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I bet you can’t hear the difference between a $4 orange cap and a $75 bumblebee cap?Caps are another thing. People say it doesn't matter what type they are, but I absolutely hear a difference. I hate paper in oil caps, they're dark and blah. I've experimented a lot with caps, I like orange drops and I don't care what anybody says. If it's all in my head so be it...but it's not.
DirtySteve
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I bet I can. I've replace bumblebees for orange drops.
marshalltsl
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I like this ones. These potentiometers is between a standard logarithmic and linear pots. Logarithmic 30% linear 70%. I installed on a '12 LP Standard.
Usually I used logarithmic ones on vol pots and linear ones on tone pots.
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Usually I used logarithmic ones on vol pots and linear ones on tone pots.
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Scott Baxendale
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I’ve installed hundreds of each and I can’t tell.
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Ghostman
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I've never cut my leads down. If I have room, sometimes I'll pull the excess up into the pickup cavity to ease the congestion in the electronics area.
Scott Baxendale
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Yes, trimming the wires to the proper length is the professional way to rewire, cramming wads of extra wire into the cavity is the amateur way.
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Ghostman
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except when you know you're going to swap them out at some point, then you're limited. And trying to sell pickups with cut leads is a bit tougher to do.
Scott Baxendale
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I’ve attached new leads to pickups a thousand times at least. The professional way is to trim the leads to proper length and have a clean and concise wiring layout inside your guitar.
RedGuitar
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My tone pot is 250k. The cap is about half-strength so things don't get so dark like stock.
I have some 50k linear pots that control volume and mid-boost. There's a IC on the board. Long cables are no issue.
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I have some 50k linear pots that control volume and mid-boost. There's a IC on the board. Long cables are no issue.
I wanted to ground OverKill style. Pretty much anything that could logically be grounded, is. Spaghetti for all!
Back in 89, Mr Peter Frampton was kind enough to autograph the back of the headstock. Along with a nice compliment about my Charvel M5.
I was pushing it to ask if he would also sign the back of my business card. He sure did.
Seamus OReally
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I’m using whatever EMG puts in the kit. One volume, one tone, SPC unit. They work great.
DirtySteve
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They say audio for volume and linear for tone. I personally like linear for volume and don't really care either way about the tone.
Edit: Just realized this is an old thread and I see where I said basically the same thing 2 years ago. I'm glad I didn't contradict myself, it happens sometimes.
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Ghostman
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Litmus test for Sincerity.They say audio for volume and linear for tone. I personally like linear for volume and don't really care either way about the tone.
Edit: Just realized this is an old thread and I see where I said basically the same thing 2 years ago. I'm glad I didn't contradict myself, it happens sometimes.
PelliX
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Typically log pots ('audio taper') are used for volume and linear for tone. Note that there are (or were) multiple audio tapers, the Japanese taper being one of the better known ones. I believe there may have been an Italian taper, too. Truth be told, I find a log pot for tone quite pleasant on some guitars. Arguably, our perception of frequency isn't entirely linear either, but who cares.
@RedGuitar that's the first time I've seen a Wago clamp in a guitar apart from on my bench. I'm not sure if think it's a good idea but it did put a grin on my face...
@RedGuitar that's the first time I've seen a Wago clamp in a guitar apart from on my bench. I'm not sure if think it's a good idea but it did put a grin on my face...