Treble Bleed Guitar Volume Mod

Installing a small value capacitor across the volume potentiometer will let some treble bleed through when dialing the volume down, effectively creating a shelving filter, called a Treble Bleed Network. Note how the potentiometer value has a great impact on the frequency response. There are three well-known variations: - Single capacitor, that lets the bass at the same volume than without the mod, but let some highs through. - Cap + Resistor in series (Kinman): keeps the bass intact, also lets some highs through but flattens the high end a bit more. - Cap + Resistor in parallel (Seymour Duncan): does not cut the bass as much, changes the taper of the pot (can't say if it's for the best as it's hard to see the progression on EC).

published 11 years ago