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It depends on what your general tonal preference is: if you would like to have a little bit more range in the hi-cut, I would stay with the 68n. If you generally prefer a brighter sound, I would take the 47n. When the tone pot is fully open, there is no discernible difference between these caps.
That shielding is the way I got it, assumed it was factory done. Kind of looks like it in the "minimal" from the factory sort of way. Yours is looking great!
Hi, thank you for your kind words, and yes, you are right, it seems like, it is the "minimal", so better to put some more shielding for a single coil. Take care.
Great restoration job!
I would definitely shield the cavity and the back of the pickguard while you're at it. It won't make the single coil hum go away, of course, but there won't be any extra buzz when you're not touching metal on the bass. This also means you'll be able to use tapes buzz-free, provided the ball ends make contact with the bridge.
As for the cap it's easy enough to test different values with alligator clips before soldering. Personally I'm not a fan of anything higher than 47nF. 68nF and especially 100nF cut too many frequencies as to cause a volume drop. Anyway the specific tone pot you use also has an effect on how drastic the filtering is.
Enough yapping. Waiting for the finished bass!
Definitely! This helps so much and don't forget to connect the shielding to the ground.
I usually solder a 8 - 10k resistor in between the cap and the ground. This removes the resonant hump, when closing the tone pot.
I actually like the resonant hump and it's the only reason I'd close the tone all the way. I find it works with the smaller cap as well.
Anyway this is really precious info for me, so thanks!
Just sort of an "aside" question. We were discussing that in the photo of my Squier MM wiring the shielding is "minimal" as done by the factory.
Has anyone that hasn't altered this shielding had issues with excessive noise on their MM bass live? Just wondering because that bass is the one out of my 3 that I didn't mod at all (other than a body refin) and it's always been ready to go at the drop of a hat and never had issues because of the single coil.
That vista tone pickup is just magic. The one mod I would still do to my "Broncomaster" would be adding one of those if I could get my hands on one.
Has anyone that hasn't altered this shielding had issues with excessive noise on their MM bass live? Just wondering because that bass is the one out of my 3 that I didn't mod at all (other than a body refin) and it's always been ready to go at the drop of a hat and never had issues because of the single coil.
That vista tone pickup is just magic. The one mod I would still do to my "Broncomaster" would be adding one of those if I could get my hands on one.
Hi, yes, already have some copper tape, don't have shielding paint for the cavities, but copper would be, for both.
Yep I know, my beloved, favorite guitar is a 2009 Epiphone '56 reissue, with P90s, so even with the shielding, lets embrace the hum, hahaha.
Yes I used to solder a lot in electronics, so alligator clips already at my desk, thank God, purchased both 68nF and 47nF, the 68nF looks nicer, but If you both have 47nF, I'll test both, and I do use the tone and vol pots, in my guitars, so maybe the 47nF, could sound better, and I only have guitar amps, so test at low vol or headphones, maybe.
Thank you for caring, I will share the finished bass, but I'm no luthier, just a simple self taught, handy man, and did not wanted it, to look new; used with it's dings, scratches and age, but clean and well cared.
Took the neck to a machinist, to remove the flushed broken screw, and with some care and some soldering, now darkened the surrounding of the top, but no plug needed and screw thread remain intact, yeah. Take care.
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Hi, I can't say anything regarding that, but in my personal experience, In march, I bought a used Epi LP Pro with pro-buckers, in Miami, and when tested, no noise at all (tested with a Katana MKII, from the seller), but when I got home, using my fender and even a roland micro that I have, disaster, the worst of all, extremely noisy guitar with no shielding at all, and until I shielded it and resoldered, that now is, as quiet as my SG and my strat. Then I read somewhere that the Katana MKII has a built-in noise suppressor, so that maybe the reason why I didn't noticed it.
Maybe is your amp, or the bass is like that or something else, glad that yours, has no excesive hum or noise. If you want, and hopefully my vista pickup, works (with that same magic as yours), I can test it with and without shielding for you? but I don't have a bass amp, just my guitar amps
Thanks for the info. No need to test anything for me. As I said it was just sort of a general question to see if anyone actually had issues with the bass "as is." I've had that Squier Musicmaster for 15+ years through several different bass amps, tons of gigs from dives to nice hotels and it's never had issues.
I spent so much time trying to figure out all the shielding I put in my project bass that it occurred to me why spend so much time when that minimal shielding has worked so well.
If you aren't happy with that Vista pickup I'd be happy to take it off your hands though...
Hi, sharing my progress, before assembly, thank you. Take care.
WOW! That looks like really thorough work! And the best is:
after all this wonderful work, you can make music on this thing ;-)
after all this wonderful work, you can make music on this thing ;-)
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Hi, again, sorry to bother, but your wiring seems, different from the one in german, specifically the cap position?
