Removing Jazz tone pot

The absolute easiest way to do this is to simply get some wire cutters and cut the tone capacitor out of the circuit. The tone pot would still stay soldered in there, but removing the caps will break the circuit, removing any loading the tone circuit was causing.

Very easy to reverse, too. Just solder in a new cap.

 

Your diagram is correct.

Personally, i prefer the push/pull bypass switch to remove the tone pot when i don't want it, or use it when i do want it.


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What exactly is inconvenient? Any method of removing the tone circuit will require soldering. How is it more difficult to return it to stock by replacing a cap than by swapping control plates and re-soldering the bulk of your control cavity?

 

Also it will sound a little brighter without the tone in there.

 

Solder absolutely does not stick to the back of the bridge...

Pull out an ohm meter and see if the bridge makes continuity with the ground in the control cavity. If it is functional, there is no need to mess with it.

If the bridge is not grounded, most people spread out the strands of the ground wire across the top of the bass so that they sandwich in between the bridge and the bass when you tighten the bridge down.

Personally, i lay out a piece of copper tape with the ground soldered to it like this:
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