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Hello!I saw the video (C.B. Getty channel) of Glen soldering in a tone capacitor in the tone pot in order to lessen the amount of high end “quack” from a piezo. Is it possible to do that with just a…Continue

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RG Murphy replied to RG Murphy's discussion Tone capacitor

"Thank you all!! Very helpful!"

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BrianQ. replied to RG Murphy's discussion Tone capacitor

"That’s the easiest mod , you don’t have to worry about polarity. You can also put 2 different caps on a DPDT on/off switch like this? "

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the anonymous pick replied to RG Murphy's discussion Tone capacitor

"YUP. https://www.cbgitty.com/news/electronics-pickup-harness-disk-piezo-capacitor/ SCROLL DOWN FOR THE JACK TO DISK METHOD . (FIRST EXAMPLE)"

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