Treble bleed circuit

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I downloaded it, but my computer puked because of the macros in the Excel spreadsheet.
No matter. Good tool though.
 
I'm one of those cretins that runs no tone control, and my volume pot is a push pull that, unless pulled, is completely bypassed.

Even when I'm on active pickups

All of the forum "wisdom" out there tells how horrible either one of these things would be, nevermind both! A trebly ice pick of death straight to the brain! Awful, unstoppable crackly fizz!

Never heard a bit of it...Clanging away with it pushed or pulled on a spectrum analyzer shows a bit less of a lowpass effect, but nothing objectionable. Maybe you can do your bleed on a push/pull? best of both worlds
 
pipelineaudio said:
Never heard a bit of it...Clanging away with it pushed or pulled on a spectrum analyzer shows a bit less of a lowpass effect, but nothing objectionable. Maybe you can do your bleed on a push/pull? best of both worlds
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Fun trivia fact - the Ibanez JS Satriani series is wired like this, a push pull treble bleed on the volume, and coil tap for both humbuckers on the tone. I had a guitar wired up like this for a little while, before I decided I pretty much never wanted it bypassed.
 
RFR said:
Well? Did you ever install one? What’s the verdict?
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Ages ago, I did an A/B comparison in my Strat, if it helps:



This isn't with and without a bleed... but with and without a resistor on the bleed that makes it a LOT more subtle with the resistor in line, and much closer to not having the bleed. I really like having a treble bleed in line without the resistor to make it more subtle - it makes the volume knob much more usable as a way of adjusting the amount of gain on your guitar, and as you roll it back it sounds more like an amp cleaning up and less like the guitar getting softer and muddier. You really can go from a nice gritty clean to full saturation just by rolling your volume knob.
 
DrewPeterson7 said:
Ages ago, I did an A/B comparison in my Strat, if it helps:



This isn't with and without a bleed... but with and without a resistor on the bleed that makes it a LOT more subtle with the resistor in line, and much closer to not having the bleed. I really like having a treble bleed in line without the resistor to make it more subtle - it makes the volume knob much more usable as a way of adjusting the amount of gain on your guitar, and as you roll it back it sounds more like an amp cleaning up and less like the guitar getting softer and muddier. You really can go from a nice gritty clean to full saturation just by rolling your volume knob.
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The resistor inline does make a huge difference.
 
RFR said:
The resistor inline does make a huge difference.
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Yeah - just to be clear, the first clip is a treble bleed AND resistor, the second is the treble bleed alone. I don't have a comparison of treble bleed/no treble bleed I'm afraid, but the resistor kind of pulls you back in that direction.

If you like to work your volume control a bit to vary how your amp breaks up, it's a very useful feature.
 
DrewPeterson7 said:
Yeah - just to be clear, the first clip is a treble bleed AND resistor, the second is the treble bleed alone. I don't have a comparison of treble bleed/no treble bleed I'm afraid, but the resistor kind of pulls you back in that direction.

If you like to work your volume control a bit to vary how your amp breaks up, it's a very useful feature.
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Which do you prefer? Resistor or no resistor?
I like the first the best
 
RFR said:
Which do you prefer? Resistor or no resistor?
I like the first the best
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No resistor, the second. For me, it allows me to get a better clean sound out of my gain channel, by rolling back my volume. No impact at all with the volume full up.
 
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