what's the best tone cap for telecaster 52 ri ?

electricskychurch · Post by **electricskychurch** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:27 pm

i tried the stock 0.1 that is too dark, 0.022 is too bright on th ebridge pu but nice on the neck , what about 0,047 ?

is there a way to wire the bridge with 0.047 and the neck with 0,022 without adding another pot or a concentric pot (so, with the stock pot ) ?

sure, it depends on the amp you play with.

with an early 50's supro supreme, with 0.022 on the guitar tone pot, it's nice; both neck and bridge but with a 66 deluxe reverb with c12n gold label , c12n gold label or oxford 12k5; it's too bright !

i'd like to find a tone cap value that's good with all these vintage amps , with nice crunch on the bridge without beeing harsh and good clear twangy tone on the neck pu (not too dark ) !

what is your own experience of that playing through vintage amps ?

electricskychurch · Post by **electricskychurch** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:48 pm

i just tried with a 0;047 cap and it seems nice on the treble pu, maybe a bit dark on the neck pu, with less harmonics.
unfortunately i have just tried with a MI audio blues pro overdive and a nice jtm45 ri rebuilt with top parts.
i can't play loud at night, so i'll have to wait till i can use my amps with their natural overdrive, to know if i'm really pleased or not.
at least the bridge pu sounds sweeter now; not harsh (still have to try with the 66 black face deluxe reverb !)

i wonder if the concentric pot could be my solution for using a 0,047 on the bridge pu and a 0,022 on the neck to get those nice shimmering twangy tones

gnugear · Post by **gnugear** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 7:40 pm

I pulled out an old blue molded .047 cap from a bassman and used that.

electricskychurch · Post by **electricskychurch** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:24 pm

thanks for you answer.
i didn'ty mean what type but what value.
it seems the type doesn't have that much effect on the tone, especialy as you don't play all the time with tone pot totaly down.
it might change the way it feels on the taper as well but voltage is so low.
on top of that, many caps that are rated for high voltage, seem to roll off ome high end when the voltage applied is low (what can be a good or a bad thing).
in tube amps, i think there is a much bigger difference between cap types.

i think the value is more important in guitars.
0,047 seems nice for the bridge but a bit too dark for my taste on my tele 52' ri.

electricskychurch · Post by **electricskychurch** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:30 pm

back to this concentric pot, would it work with just a concentric volume pot and the stock tone pot, wiring one end of each cap on the tone pot and one cap end on the concentric vol pot 1A , the other cap beeing wired on the concentric vol pot 1B ?

bartak · Post by **bartak** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:17 am

tele neck pickups have always seemed really dark to me. I never use mine. I think a different pickup might be the way to go.

electricskychurch · Post by **electricskychurch** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:09 pm

the neck pu is sounding very good although i might have liked a bit more brightness.
i really love its tone when you play solo notes around the 15th fret, really singing tone.
that 0,047 uf value is very good for bright amps but a bit dark for some darker amps and so , crunching a bit less.