What's the function of the push-pull? Bass blocker cap?aceonbass wrote:I found the usual 330k (actually 275k) pots to be to dark with these 14k pickups, so I replaced the pots with push-pull pot with a 500k Bourns, and the rest with 500k CTS pots. The tone caps are now .022uF ERO caps. The tone is a bit clearer now, and the bridge pickup sounds really good, even with the tone rolled all the way back.
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Dane has developed a number of variations of the "push-pull" of which I've at least twoIsaac wrote:What's the function of the push-pull? Bass blocker cap?aceonbass wrote:I found the usual 330k (actually 275k) pots to be to dark with these 14k pickups, so I replaced the pots with push-pull pot with a 500k Bourns, and the rest with 500k CTS pots. The tone caps are now .022uF ERO caps. The tone is a bit clearer now, and the bridge pickup sounds really good, even with the tone rolled all the way back.
- - Push / Pull to Enable - Disable the 0.047 Cap
- Push / Pull on 4003-S or v63 to provide stereo output i.e. Enable - Disable "Rico-Sound"
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+2doctorwho wrote:+1!scotty wrote:Congrats!
Dane -- your custom Pickguards are extremely cool ! !
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The tailpiece on my S5 is a 4001 tailpiece that I modded extensively, added a custom machined bridge insert to, then replated.thx1955 wrote:Very nice ...Dane, is that one of the new Ric tailpieces on your Fireglo ?aceonbass wrote:Two modded S5's. Mine is on the left.
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Very nicely done ....aceonbass wrote:The tailpiece on my S5 is a 4001 tailpiece that I modded extensively, added a custom machined bridge insert to, then replated.thx1955 wrote:Very nice ...Dane, is that one of the new Ric tailpieces on your Fireglo ?aceonbass wrote:Two modded S5's. Mine is on the left.
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