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Gretsch Power Jet mud switch

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I have a gretsch powerjet that I have modded a bit. Changed bridge, replaced the tv jones powertrons and added a treble bleed. Now my question is the mud switch. Sometimes I hit it accidentaly and all of a sudden inthe middle of the song my tone changes, alot! Does anyone of you tried to bypass it?

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A quick fix is to unscrew the tip
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GrantB wrote:A quick fix is to unscrew the tip
You're correct! I'll do that but I think my ocd will kick in. Hehe

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Malcolm Young, Brian setzer and others just push the switch inside.

I agree the switch is useless...maybe just cut the wire and be done? I never wired mine up - it’s a dummy mud switch (on the jet).
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What does it do? Add a massive capacitor/resistor/whatever or something?

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sirvill wrote:What does it do? Add a massive capacitor/resistor/whatever or something?
It’s a three way switch that lets you choose between 2 different capacitors or straight through. The settings are: Muddy/Bypass/Muddier.

There are mods out there for subbing in different cap values, but probably only worth bothering on models that don’t have a tone control (like my Anniversary).

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Another solution just sell me your PowerJet

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bender wrote:
sirvill wrote:What does it do? Add a massive capacitor/resistor/whatever or something?
It’s a three way switch that lets you choose between 2 different capacitors or straight through. The settings are: Muddy/Bypass/Muddier.

There are mods out there for subbing in different cap values, but probably only worth bothering on models that don’t have a tone control (like my Anniversary).
This reminds me - you can of course put a whole new harness in there that has two volumes in the normal spot, and the master volume becomes the master tone. My old Jet has four pots - master in normal spot, then vol, vol, tone...the tone used to be the active boost but that had self destructed so I removed it.
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Re: Gretsch Power Jet mud switch

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GrantB wrote:
bender wrote:
sirvill wrote:What does it do? Add a massive capacitor/resistor/whatever or something?
It’s a three way switch that lets you choose between 2 different capacitors or straight through. The settings are: Muddy/Bypass/Muddier.

There are mods out there for subbing in different cap values, but probably only worth bothering on models that don’t have a tone control (like my Anniversary).
This reminds me - you can of course put a whole new harness in there that has two volumes in the normal spot, and the master volume becomes the master tone. My old Jet has four pots - master in normal spot, then vol, vol, tone...the tone used to be the active boost but that had self destructed so I removed it.
I had gretsch (with dynas) that had the 4 knobs which I find more suitable for me.

I look around for a harness that will make the master a tone knob.

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Who uses the mud switch anyway? Just curious.

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This is making me want a gretsch
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Single coil wrote:This is making me want a gretsch
It's this one before the mods.

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werdna wrote:Well at least I can still make toast in the bath without anyone telling me it's unsafe.

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Re: Gretsch Power Jet mud switch

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imarco wrote:Who uses the mud switch anyway? Just curious.
I do - aka prune juice. It works wonders, like hitting a switch.
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