What is the value of treble bleed?

Good working values to try are from 220 pF up to 1500 pF for the cap, and 100k-ohm up to 330k-ohm for the resistor. Our third treble-bleed network, shown on the right, consists of a cap with a resistor in series.

Does treble need bleeding?

Should you decide that a treble bleed circuit is for you, remember this: The modification is completely reversible, once installed it will not affect the tone of your guitar when the volume pot is turned all the way up (max volume). Basses and guitars with on board active circuits do not need treble bleed circuits.

What is a treble bleed for on a Les Paul?

The Treble Bleed is a high-pass, so it rolls back way less treble, giving your tone a ton more clarity. Also notice that you retain much more of your volume.

What is treble bleed on a tele?

A treble-bleed (high-pass) circuit allows the highs to “bleed” (or pass) through the volume pot even as it is turned down. To bring back some of those lost lows, you could also add a resistor to the circuit along with the capacitator.

What is Les Paul 50s wiring?

Gibson 50’s wiring only refers to how the tone cap is wired into the guitar. ’50s Wiring applies to any guitar with two pickups, each with their own respective Volume Pot and Tone Pot.

Does 50s wiring make a difference?

Pros of ’50s Wiring: The pickup tone stays consistent when turning down the Volume Pot. Pickups don’t lose high frequencies when turning down the Volume Pot. High frequencies tend to stay clear with the Volume Pot in it’s lower ranges.

What are the capacitor and resistor values for treble bleed?

The capacitor values are very small, usually 0.001 µF or less and are usually of the ceramic disc variety. The higher the values are, the brighter the tone will get as the Volume gets turned down. The resistors range from 80k to about 300k and higher values lead to a brighter tone. There are three versions of the treble bleed circuit

How much treble bleed is acceptable on a pickup?

7: Pickup maker Jason Lollar recommends no treble bleed at all but suggests a smaller value tone cap or even Gibson 50’s tone pot wiring. He has stated that even with the volume knob on 10 the treble bypass circuit will affect your tone.

What volume pot should I use for treble bleed?

If your playing style depends heavily on this effect, you might want to try it out before you make the treble bleed mod permanent. The common values for volume pots are 250k for single coil pickups and 500k for humbucker pickups, but you can use any value from 250k to 1 mega-ohm if your ear says it sounds right.

What is treble bleed and why use it?

Why use a treble bleed? A treble bleed circuit prevents treble loss when rolling your guitar’s volume cotrol back by adding a small value capacitor in parallel across the in and out lugs of the volume pot, acting as a high pass filter.