920D in Squire CV JM

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920D in Squire CV JM

Post by DLDTEX » Mon Jul 19, 2021 5:25 pm

I recently pick up a Classic Vibe 60’s JM. I have shimmed the neck and put a 920D vintage in it. Polished the frets and set up. I didn’t change the PUP’s and it sounds great but the taper on the volume cuts output pretty quickly. Will I get better roll off with different PUP’s. I didn’t notice this with the original harness. Any input from the more experienced out there. Thanks

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Re: 920D in Squire CV JM

Post by Fiddy » Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:06 pm

Instructions:

1-Go grab your guitar and inspect the name on the headstock.
2- Come back and rewrite the thread title.

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Re: 920D in Squire CV JM

Post by alexpigment » Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:35 pm

All brand misspelling aside, I took a look at the JMH-VINTAGE wiring harness to see what pot types they use. If the specs are true, they're using 1meg AUDIO pots for both the volume and tone. I know that some people will disagree, but I think conventional wisdom is to use a linear pot for volume and audio pot for tone (as Fender does on the American Original, for example). This will vary depending on many factors, but I think in this scenario the Audio taper volume pot is the problem.

With that being said, I seem to recall in my experience that this is mitigated by using 50s wiring, where the wire connecting the volume pot to the tone pot is actually connected to the *middle* lug of the volume pot rather than the far one. That's purely anecdotal and based on a fuzzy memory, but I figured I'd mention it since it's a quick test that doesn't involve swapping pots.

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Re: 920D in Squire CV JM

Post by DLDTEX » Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:22 am

My apologies Squier. I did get it wrong. Thanks for the correction. Very cool guitar. Took me a while to get it in their with “auto-correct”

Still a very cool guitar

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Re: 920D in Squire CV JM

Post by Fiddy » Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:48 am

It sure is a cool guitar. Classic vibe Squiers are what I wish I would have started out with, when I started playing guitar.

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