Please recommend me a treble bled spec. for my Strat.

JonHosker

Components choices arrgghh!

0.22Mf??

Ta muchly
Jon

Lebarque

For the 250k pots in strats, go for a 120k resistor and a 1nF cap in parallel - this is best to control loss of treble in the range about 4 up to 10 on the knob (if its an audio taper pot). If you most often turn down below 5, you might prefer a smaller cap 0.68 of 0.82nF.

I got this info from a chap on another forum who had gone into it really scientifically, but I can confirm that it works like a charm in practice.

Nb. For humbucker guitars with 500k pots, use a 150k resistor instead.

JonHosker

Brilliant thanks .... new to modding.
Stock CS Strat 61RI...how do I know it's audio taper pot type? Cheers Jon

Lebarque

If it's the stock pot in your strat, it will be audio taper.

JonHosker

Thanks - Happy Christmas!!

JonHosker

Can I ask you if the Treble Bleed kit for sale at Allparts.co.uk......0.001mf and 130K resistor 
Not sure this is the spec. you suggested.
Thanks Jon

Lebarque

I'm sure that will do a good job, mate

JonHosker

Thanks - Jon

p90fool

I just did my AVRI '62, I ended up with just a 330pf cap, the resistor changed the pot taper too much for me. 

One thing I do on Strats though is to run a pair of flying leads from the volume pot into the jack socket cavity. That way you can experiment until you're totally happy (make sure it's well taped up so nothing can short against the jack plug/socket, obviously) then after a few gigs you can install your final choice of components directly onto the pot when you're changing strings. 

JonHosker

Thanks - project in Jan!!

bandmaster188

If you want to PM me your address, I'll stick one in the post to you. Can't remember what the values were off the top of my head but will let you know shortly. 

bandmaster188

bandmaster188 said:

If you want to PM me your address, I'll stick one in the post to you. Can't remember what the values were off the top of my head but will let you know shortly. 

They are 130k with a 1nf cap

JonHosker

Pm'd you Thank's Jon

bandmaster188

It's in the post with a few extra components so you can have a play around.
hope Royal Mail doesn't think it's a letter bomb!