Consistent Passive tone

[rodneyat]

Was sent this clip by Stew Mac today about getting consistent passive tone across all volumes. Found it pretty interesting. As we have all experienced. Even on a bass, the best tone out of a passive pickup (w/out a preamp) is generally with the volume maxed out. I guess this would work on a bass too.

Interesting....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=e0SLdOWvz3c

Of course with a passive jazz bass wired volume/volume, you would have to do it twice.

[audioglenn]

That's a great idea! I'm going to make a few of those. Thanks for posting the link!

[SGD Lutherie]

That's a treble bleed circuit. It's been around since the 40s, and maybe earlier.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support...c=treble_bleed

It lets some treble through when you turn down the volume, because turning down the volume increases the impedance load on the pickup and dulls your high end.