Aquila Rossa wrote:Considering Gibson now uses PCB in their control cavities, you would think a DIP switch to change to 50s wiring would be the obvious thing for them to do. But no.
didn't they use PCB in the 80`s? or at some other stage along the way.
do you know if they still use 300k pots these days?
Aquila Rossa wrote:Considering Gibson now uses PCB in their control cavities, you would think a DIP switch to change to 50s wiring would be the obvious thing for them to do. But no.
didn't they use PCB in the 80`s? or at some other stage along the way.
do you know if they still use 300k pots these days?
Haha... no PCB in 1981 Customs.
yea it`s a faded memory, I tried googling it, no time to wade through but I`m sure for some reason they had PCB boards at some time in the 70`s or 80`s.
not sure what model... maybe I dreamt it
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.
mrmofo wrote:
didn't they use PCB in the 80`s? or at some other stage along the way.
do you know if they still use 300k pots these days?
Haha... no PCB in 1981 Customs.
yea it`s a faded memory, I tried googling it, no time to wade through but I`m sure for some reason they had PCB boards at some time in the 70`s or 80`s.
not sure what model... maybe I dreamt it
Oh they might have! They did some weeeiiirrrddd shit in the Norlin era.
TmcB wrote:They use the painful metal bracket in the '80s ones.
it`s been wiped from the internet!!
they use 500k pots these days too, jeeze I should open mine up and see what's in there.
another question: when did they stop using 300k pots?
even the 10k hysterics have 500k pots these days
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.
Ryan told me the problem with PCB boards is if the pots are soldered to the board, whether it is an amp or a guitar. One really good bump of the pot's control knob and they can come loose from the PCB.
TmcB wrote:They use the painful metal bracket in the '80s ones.
it`s been wiped from the internet!!
they use 500k pots these days too, jeeze I should open mine up and see what's in there.
another question: when did they stop using 300k pots?
even the 10k hysterics have 500k pots these days
I have not messed with pots much, but did do a cap mod to brighten up a very dark sounding Jackson. I went from 47n to 33n and it made it just right (500k pots).
yea it`s a faded memory, I tried googling it, no time to wade through but I`m sure for some reason they had PCB boards at some time in the 70`s or 80`s.
not sure what model... maybe I dreamt it
Oh they might have! They did some weeeiiirrrddd shit in the Norlin era.
Molly wrote:I put fresh pots and caps in the R7 the other day. Went with '50s wiring for obvious reasons I suppose. Now it's done I'm considering a treble bleed as it's a touch muddy when backed-off. Used orange drop caps. Noticed the tone change isn't linear and wondered if different caps would change that?
Caps can make a surprising difference. I've found orange drops often perfect with P90's, horrible with Fender singles and variable between different buckers.
Grab a volume pedal. That way you can retain all the tonal variations of your guitar tone controls but still keep the treble up when dropping volume when you need to ...
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