How are tone pots wired?

We use two of the three lugs on each pot, and the tone cap is connected between the volume and tone controls. To keep it simple, we’ll say each pot has an input lug, an output lug, and a third lug connected to ground. With the pot completely closed, all of the signal is sent to ground.

Does wiring affect tone?

How you wire those pickups together has a huge impact on the tone and the reproduced sound of your guitar. Everything in your wiring affects the tone of your final signal to your amp… the value of the pots, the value of the caps, how the signal is routed through the wiring, the way that your guitar is switched.

What is Les Paul 50s wiring?

A: The difference between ’50s and ’60s (sometimes called “modern”) Les Paul wiring is where the tone capacitor comes off of the volume potentiometer. With modern wiring, the tone cap comes off the input lug on the volume pot. With ’50s wiring, the tone cap is connected to the output, or center, lug on the volume pot.

What is a tone cap?

Tone capacitors are wired to the tone pot so the signal from the guitar pickup will pass high frequencies to ground when the tone pot is rolled down. The higher the value of the cap the wider the range of frequencies that get rolled off to ground. With lower value caps only the highest frequencies get cut off.

Are tone pots linear or audio?

Traditionally, audio taper pots have been used in volume control positions and linear taper pots have been used in tone control settings. We don’t pretend to understand the physiological reasoning for this but, apparently, the way we humans hear makes the use of audio taper in volume positions better.

What does 50s style wiring do?

With ’50s wiring, the tone cap is connected to the output, or center, lug on the volume pot. Advocates of ’50s-style wiring say that it changes the taper of the volume control, has less treble loss as the volume pot is turned down, and overall sounds brighter.

What is 50s wiring guitar?

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