Emg btc on a warwick rockbass double buck

[vrossi]

Hello. I have ordered an emg btc control and plan to install it on my 2012 warwick rockbass double $$ which has passive MEC pickups.

However, there is a thread here that says the double buck's volume potentiometer is a 25k pot which is wrong for a humbucker resulting in a muffled tone/suppressed treble.

Compared to my sterling and fender jazz it is a bit muffled even when the tone pot is all the way open.

Do i have to replace my pot to 500k even if i install the emg btc? Would the sound be muffled even if i install the emg btc or would it cure the suppressed treble? Thanks

 

[ctmullins]

You can use a 500k pot between the pickup and the BTC, or a 25k pot between the BTC and the jack. The former allows for an active/passive switch, if you're going that route.

If you're using a 25k pot with a passive setup, then yeah, it's going to sound muffled.

 

[1bassleft]

If you go with the installation diagram, assuming it's similar to my pre-connector (bare wire) BTC, then I'd use the 500k. Doing so, it was right and running first time, despite the added complication of series/para switching.

 

[vrossi]

Ohhh.. So even if I install the btc, it still wouldn't sound right because of the wrong pots? Time to look for 500k pots now..
Thanks guys

 

[lopesraphael]

Hello guys!

I'd like to ask if the BTC control could be used with some other knob. I mean, if the EMG pot can be covered by an knob alike the original warwick's.

Because it seems to me that would look weird two silver metal knobs and one black plastic one.

Can you guys tell me?

Thank you in advance!