Wiring Drop Caps Question

[fjadams]

I have the electronics for a build coming. It's going to be V/B/T.
I'm wondering if I can wire in a .047 to the neck pickup and a .022 to the bridge pickup?
I'd think this is possible but not sure, and not sure where I'd wire them in.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[line6man]

You have one tone control, so there is one capacitor.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

You would need two volume & two tone knobs to do that. Get a look at the wiring of Les Paul guitars.

 

[fjadams]

Thanks. That's what I thought but was hoping there was a way to do it. I'll just wire in the .047 and call it good.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

If you want a wider range of tones, I would suggest putting in a no-load pot for the tone, possibly 500k Ohm.
You'll get all the highs when the pot is in the no-load position.

 

[fjadams]

Thanks. I was going to put a set of SDGs in it but decided to use some old Epi TBird pickups instead. Since it's a long scale bass and I don't play them I might give it to one of my cousins who's just learning to play bass.
Then he'd have a nice FrankenBird that'd be setup properly and will sound and look good.

 

[line6man]

If you want a wider range of tones, I would suggest putting in a no-load pot for the tone, possibly 500k Ohm.
You'll get all the highs when the pot is in the no-load position.

Unless you have a very high impedance pickup, a no load 500k pot would be pretty useless. There is very little difference between 500k and bypass. No load pots are only used when you want to keep a 250k pot.

 

[fjadams]

I have all 250k pots coming. I'm not a big fan of too much treble so I prefer 250s. They're all Noble pots from bestbassgear, I've used them before and they work fine.

 

[khutch]

If you are willing to take a pot apart you could make the tone pot a no load part with an X-Acto knife. If you had ordered a push-pull pot you could have wired it to select between two cap values. That method probably works better for most people than putting two tone pots and caps in will because they will interact with each other whenever both pickups are dimed.

 

[40Hz]

You could always install 2 caps and use a mini toggle to switch between them. Or toss in a "varitone" cap switching circuit (either build your own or get a Stellartone ToneStyler) and pick and choose among 6 or so different tone cap values whenever you feel the urge.

 

[LoveThatBass]

Or use a pot with a DPDT push/pull switch to switch between the capacitors and it would not require another hole.

 

[40Hz]

Or use a pot with a DPDT push/pull switch to switch between the capacitors and it would not require another hole.

This. An even better solution.

And while you're at it, add a second DPDT push-pull on the other pot to switch between series and parallel. That plus 2 tone caps should give you quite a variety of passive sounds.

 

[fjadams]

Thanks for all the ideas. I've taken them all under advisement.