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Tone control only?

Ive seen the diagram for tone and volume pots on a single pickup that's been posted here a few times, and I'm wondering would it be as simple as just removing the volume pot from the schematic to have just a single tone control on the guitar? Or does the tone pot depend somehow on the existence of the volume pot in line before it to work?

I figure volume control at the amp is fine, set it and leave it mostly, but it would be nice to have tone control at hand. Also, would removing that pot help avoid the need for a preamp by cutting down on resistance in the line?

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Permalink Reply by Brent Shull on December 19, 2009 at 2:49am

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Permalink Reply by Brent Shull on December 19, 2009 at 2:52am

there you go, that should do it
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Permalink Reply by Brent Shull on December 19, 2009 at 2:52am

there u go that should do it, just connect wires to piezo or whatever
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there you go, that should do it

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Permalink Reply by Brent Shull on December 19, 2009 at 2:53am

use a .047 capacitor
Brent Shull said:

there u go that should do it, just connect wires to piezo or whatever

Brent Shull said:

there you go, that should do it

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Permalink Reply by Tim on December 19, 2009 at 7:27am

it will work just fine but most players find it nice to be able to down the volume right there at hand. its always nice when jaming to just roll of the volume if a conversation starts up.

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Permalink Reply by Bull Dogg on December 19, 2009 at 3:55pm

Thanks for the replies, that's just what I needed. I suppose your right about the volume, I could add it just in case, but will the added resistance of another pot effect the need for a preamp? That's what I'm trying to avoid.

Tim said:

it will work just fine but most players find it nice to be able to down the volume right there at hand. its always nice when jaming to just roll of the volume if a conversation starts up.

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Permalink Reply by Tres Seaver on December 19, 2009 at 4:41pm

Bull Dogg said:

Thanks for the replies, that's just what I needed. I suppose your right about the volume, I could add it just in case, but will the added resistance of another pot effect the need for a preamp? That's what I'm trying to avoid.

Shouldn't be a problem -- if you have the volume pot turned all the way up, you have effectively cut is resistance to zero.

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Permalink Reply by Tim on December 20, 2009 at 6:13am

if it is a concern for you. then 1meg pots are always avalible. but i dont see a problem with 250k or 500k pots. also i have seen people use a toggle switch but they knew it was all or nothing.