How does a treble bleed mod work?

At its core, a treble bleed mod is the simple (and completely reversible) addition of a capacitor, on its own or paired with a resistor, to your guitar’s volume pot. That’s all it takes to ensure your treble “bleeds” through, no matter where you have your volume control.

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 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.

What is an Orange Drop capacitor?

The Orange Drop capacitor line introduced in the 60s heralded the capacitors of the modern era—with stability, resistance to temperature variation, low moisture absorption, excellent characteristics in AC circuits, no microphonics, and other desirable attributes.

What is Strat quack?

ago. Additional comment actions. I’d say that “Strat chime” is just a general way to describe the distinctive and instantly recognizable tone of the Strat, and the “quack” describes the sound of the “in-between” pickup selector positions where either the neck+middle pickups or the middle+bridge pickups are in use.

Why are Strats so twangy?

All pickups have twang but the reason why Fender pickups have more twang than others is because of how they’re designed. The magnets in Fender pickups are the pole pieces so they are closer to the strings. Gibson pickups have the magnets deep in the pickup and they have pole pieces extending the magnetic field.

Can a Strat play metal?

A Stratocaster for Metal? The Fender Stratocaster is one of the most popular guitars in the world, and it is easy to see why. It’s proven itself in just about any genre you can name, from blues to jazz to classic rock and, yes, even heavy metal.

What is a treble bleed mod on a guitar?

UNDERSTANDING THE TREBLE BLEED MOD A common problem you may have noticed is that as you rotate your guitar’s volume pot counterclockwise towards zero, an unwanted side effect is that you lose high end along with the volume. The solution commonly used to remedy this situation is to employ a treble bleed mod (aka volume kit).

Do treble bleeds work with touch-responsive pedals?

And treble bleeds also work great with your favorite touch-responsive drive pedals – like the Seymour Duncan Forza and Palladium Gain Stage. Not comfortable with working on your guitar electronics (or wish to keep your warranty intact)?

Which treble bleed circuit is right for You?

Love the tone of a treble bleed wired in parallel, but can’t live with the volume sweep? Series wiring – also known as the Kinman treble bleed – is for you. This circuit is extremely popular, as it protects your treble response nearly as well as parallel wiring, but maintains a familiar volume sweep.

What size capacitor do I need for a treble bleed mod?

For treble bleed mods, very small value caps are used, usually 1000 pF (1 nF) or less. For comparison, the most common capacitors used for tone controls are significantly larger; 0.022 µF and 0.047 µF. (i.e. 22 nF and 47 nF). If you need help making sense of the values, there are conversion calculators online, this one here.