250k pot emulator?
- The Dead Ranch Hands
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250k pot emulator?
Quick question - if one were to replace the strangle switch functionality on a Jaguar to something that placed a 250k resistor from signal to ground, would that emulate the effects of having a 250k volume and tone control?
- jvin248
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Re: 250k pot emulator?
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Yes, you can replace a volume+tone circuit with fixed resistors and a cap.
Look up the "Leo bassy circuit" used on the early Telecaster Esquires, a switch position that would allow a guitarist to fake a bass guitar. Complaints about it being too dark (complaints by guitarists) and later on Leo developed the Precision Bass.
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Yes, you can replace a volume+tone circuit with fixed resistors and a cap.
Look up the "Leo bassy circuit" used on the early Telecaster Esquires, a switch position that would allow a guitarist to fake a bass guitar. Complaints about it being too dark (complaints by guitarists) and later on Leo developed the Precision Bass.
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- MattK
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Re: 250k pot emulator?
That value is wrong for the resistor tho - a 250k in parallel with the 1M volume would give you 1/(1/250+1/1000) = 200k equivalent. You'd need a 330k (or actually a 333k) so that 1/(1/333+1/1000) = 250k.
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Re: 250k pot emulator?
Thanks guys, I appreciate the help!