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Cheap and effective way to change the tone
Guitars have a capacitor on tone pot going to ground. Every tone pot will have one. The reason for this is to send unwanted frequencies to ground. Basically a high pass filter. Single coils have 250k pots and . 047 uf (microferad) capacitor . If you had 500k pots on single coils tone is really bright. Humbuckers use 500k pots and. 022uf capacitor. You know when you roll back the tone how it get almost muffled, here why. A pot is just a variable resistor. Add a capacitor it's a variable resister with a high pass filter. Sending unwanted high frequencies to ground. So, you can change pots to alter your tone, that's to much change and allot of work, or change the capacitor which is easy and fast. Type of capacitor used also changes tone but not allot. Russian paper and oil work good but expensive. In guitar world cherry drops are most widely used. There is no formula, or hard and fast rules since tone is different person to person and Guitars. Type of pickups, high/low output ect. High output pickups will be effected more than low output pickups. It's just a trial thing. I've done it with all of my guitars. Some I've dropped the humbucker tone capacitance to . 015 uf, others took it up to. 033 uf capacitance. Lower capacitance lots more highs through. High output Humbuckers would quickly get to high lowering capacitance. Once you find the capacitance you like, then when you roll off tone pot it will be smoother and not so dark and muffled. Just a way you can alter your tone for a couple of bucks. Enjoy
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Cheap and effective way to change the tone
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Hi Cliff, You sound like you know something about electronics! I have a question for you. I have a Donner DST 152 with a 5 way switch swing through a VOX AC30. Everything is battery powered and not connected to any AC power source. I get what sounds like a 60 cycle hum when the switch is in positions 2, 3 & 5 but not positions 1 & 4. What would you look at for trouble shooting the hum? Thanks, Rob
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@Cliff Flurry I am using a “headphone” amp, VOX AC30, that is battery powered. Nothing else is plugged into the guitar. YES, just paid attention, the hum goes completely away when my left hand is on the strings and/or my right hand is resting on the bridge! Wonder if I have a bad ground wire? I will open the back cover and take a look.
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Is there a Metronome in this app or should I download one outside of the app? Thanks🙂
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@Donna Macauley I will also check out the other ones you said about.
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@Cliff Flurry Thanks Cliff, I will check it out also.
My sorry attempt at Steve via’s for the love of God
It doesn’t sound very good, but I was just impressed I played any of it 😂
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I am new to guitars so I KNOW you sound better then me👍 as Todd said: keep practicing and you will get better and better😎
Hello!
Hi folks! I picked up guitar during COVID times, self-learned a few melodies and licks. Then I gave up on guitar because it started causing shoulder and elbow pain in the strumming arm, despite doing arm warm up before playing the guitar. I am back at it because it felt good to play. I hope to be better at it, so I can play among friends.
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Welcome (back)🙂 I see others have already given you some suggestion for your shoulder issue.
Kinda new here. Just getting started
Hey guys. I'm new here just started. Please I need someone who gonna teach me
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Welcome😎 I am new here and to guitars also. So far, seems like the right place! Keep asking questions!! Sure someone will respond🙂
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@Aliza Gabrinao Thanks Aliza🙂
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Rob Eisley
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Recently retired 😎 Always wanted to learn guitar and now I have the time. Have an electric and acoustic guitar. Just need to learn how to use them.

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Muncy, PA
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