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New Caps and the '50s Mod Only Effective when Rolling Down the ...

Jesse, the 50s mod will make a difference, even if you leave the tone control on 10 all the time, as soon as you roll the volume know below 10.

50's wiring acts as a natural treble bleed so you maintain a more consistent, brighter tone as you roll off volume, but the trade off is the ...

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50's wiring keeps the treble, but if you roll the tone down and then the volume then it acts differently again. Treble bleed is essentially ...

They're common changes, but nothing you've done would affect sustain. 50s wiring give you better treble retention when rolling off the volume ...

When the tone is rolled way down to 1 or 2 and you back off the guitar volume, you get a wha wha effect between 8 and 10 on the volume.

I just bought a harness off of TGP from a guy that prewires them on the side.I got RS pots for volume and spraque caps and 50's wired.It came as ...

Yes. You lose high end as you turn down your volume with 50s also. Only not as much as with modern. Last edited by ...

The 50s vs modern wirings have an effect any time either (or both) pickups are on, and a volume for any "on" pickup is rolled down. ganzua said:

yes, there's a volume drop when you roll off the tone control, so you tweak the volume knob again, but you wouldn't have done this mod if you ...

If you install a 0.015 on the neck, the tone won't roll off as much when you turn the tone control down, but you'll get the brassy woman tone ...