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EB0/Thunderbird pickup VVT

godofthunder59

godofthunder59

Life is short, buy the bass.
Feb 19, 2006
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Endorsing Cataldo Basses, Whirlwind products, Thunderbucker pickups
#1
I've converted my new Epiphone Newport to VVT and I would like to know if I should be usuing liear or audio taper potentiometers? I put a CTS 250k in place of the blend knob so the bass is now VVT on the neck pickup volume (original pot) when I back it off there is a big drop between 10-9 then it evens out. The sidewinder clearly has more output and can overpower the bridge pickup. Suggestions on which pot to use would be appreciated.
 
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godofthunder59 said:
I've converted my new Epiphone Newport to VVT and I would like to know if I should be usuing liear or audio taper potentiometers? I put a CTS 250k in place of the blend knob so the bass is now VVT on the neck pickup volume (original pot) when I back it off there is a big drop between 10-9 then it evens out. The sidewinder clearly has more output and can overpower the bridge pickup. Suggestions on which pot to use would be appreciated.
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What were your impressions of the functionality of the blend back when the pickups were out of phase? In retrospect, do you think the pickups blended more easily (read: more gradually / with less of a sudden step between "mostly mudbucker" and "mostly TB"), thin sound aside?
If the answer is yes: my most humble and uninformed hypothesis (already expressed here and here) is that the folks at Epiphone decided to put the pickups out of phase for this reason. A feature, of sorts, then, not (in their intentions) a bug, and definitely not a repeated series of blunders. Of course, the number of people getting rid of the "feature" speaks to the in-between sound not being everyone's cuppa.
 
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I didn't hate the blend but I've always preferred a VVT set up even with wildly unbalanced pickup combinations. I honestly don't know a lot about circuitry, I have a loose grasp of the basics and can follow a wiring diagram lol
 
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Either can be used with great results! What changes is the sweep of the pot in the middle. In my experience, for my needs, Audio is fine. Linear as a Master Vol is nice. Or Tone.
 

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