• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Thunderbird Club

#6,624
  • Like
Reactions: ThaCoast
#6,628
Larry V said:
My guess would be that it sets the tone at 5. That would seem to make sense, though I have no way of knowing if this is correct.
Click to expand...

imdkoz said:
I thought if you removed the tone control it opened the pickups up to full or something like that. If anyone can lend some knowledge that'd be appreciated.
Click to expand...

My guess is, that it opens up the sounds since the tone pot cuts frequencies when you dial it to zero, as far as I understand it... Hopefully someone more technically inclined can confirm this... ;)
 
#6,629
hillerup said:
My guess is, that it opens up the sounds since the tone pot cuts frequencies when you dial it to zero, as far as I understand it... Hopefully someone more technically inclined can confirm this... ;)
Click to expand...
I've done it many times only cuz I don't use tone control. It gives a little more output and treble, not much though
 
  • Like
Reactions: hillerup, ThaCoast and Nocturnal
#6,630
It seems to be more like a wide open tone pot, *maybe* a bit more output, but nothing drastic. I just leave my tone controls on 10 so when I can change it with a kill-switch, I do.

If you play live and don't really use the tone control, then a switch might be a good option for many players. I just like the ability to shut it off if I want or need to.
 
#6,631
My bird is wired just with a kill & the output is much louder than when it was wired V/V/T. The reason for the "increase" in output is that the signal between the pickups & the jack have less to travel through when wired to just a killswitch. My black pbass copy has its pickup wired to the tone control which is connected to the jack. Reason for it is cause the volume pot was old and scratchy as hell so i had to ditche it. So now my tone acts as a volume as well as a frequency cut. It's very nice. It also has a somewhat louder output...if it had new strings on it hahaha.
 
#6,632
Nocturnal said:
It seems to be more like a wide open tone pot, *maybe* a bit more output, but nothing drastic. I just leave my tone controls on 10 so when I can change it with a kill-switch, I do.

If you play live and don't really use the tone control, then a switch might be a good option for many players. I just like the ability to shut it off if I want or need to.
Click to expand...
 
#6,637
To answer the tone pot removal question, I did this on a guitar. Wired the pickup direct to the volume pot, then the pot to the output (in Fender circles it's known as a "DeLonge Mod") and effectively there is no tone knob earthing the the highs, so it's a bit brighter, slightly more so than with a tone put full open. Depending on the pickup, of course, in this case it's a pretty skeezy old PRS Dragon "PAF" humbucker.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Dadagoboi
#6,638
mistergoats said:
To answer the tone pot removal question, I did this on a guitar. Wired the pickup direct to the volume pot, then the pot to the output (in Fender circles it's known as a "DeLonge Mod") and effectively there is no tone knob earthing the the highs, so it's a bit brighter, slightly more so than with a tone put full open. Depending on the pickup, of course, in this case it's a pretty skeezy old PRS Dragon "PAF" humbucker.
Click to expand...
You can buy a 'no load' tone pot that cuts it completely out of the circuit when it's on 10. Or you can mod a standard pot to do the same thing if you're handy. That way you have the best of both worlds.

CTS No-Load 250K Tone Pot | Allparts.com
 
  • Like
Reactions: hillerup and mistergoats

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back