Treble Bleed Stratocaster Mod Tone Demo

I put a treble bleed circuit back in my strat. I really like it! Especially with some dirt, rolling the volume knob down is just perfect. I'm using a 100k resistor in parallel with a .001uf cap. Very nice! Highly recommended for those using Single channel amps!

http://www.vintagevibeguitars.com/dox/trebleBleed_tip.pdf

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[fishmank27]

I wanna do this to my strat too...I have a blues junior amp and typically have to play with knobs on 10, using different pedals for more gain and solo boosts. This seems like what many professionals likely do in Blues and rock, assuming the idea is to play on 7-8 and using the vol to boost gain or for solos right? Are there issues being lost in the mix since u r turning down? Or it cleans up only?

[kleydj13]

@fishmank27 - I wouldn't say this is the 'right' way to do it, just another option that has been proven to work well. It is seen most in the blues and classic rock scene because players in the 60's and 70's had to crank non-master volume amps to get distortion. They didn't have pedals or channels, so they used their guitar's volume knob. With a responsive amp this will simply clean up the signal at unity volume. If you can crank up a tube amp this is a great choice and is a lot of fun to use

[kleydj13]

@fishmank27 - It isn't better or worse than using pedals, just different. I'd say try both out and use which one works best for you. If you try using the volume knob on the guitar and your tone gets dull and loses sparkle then try adding this treble bleed. It can make a big difference.

[astroboirap]

i dont need this. i always have my guitar on 11.

[kleydj13]

@astroboirap - Whatever works best for you. Channel switching amps have their place.

[ShutOutStar]

Can somebody please tell me what a volume/treble bleed really is and what it does

im really confused aha =] thanks

[kleydj13]

@ShutOutStar - Sure man, it helps when you turn your guitar volume down to keep the tone balanced. Normally you lose more treble than bass resulting in a muffled sound when you turn down. The Treble bleed allows some treble frequencies to 'bleed' back into the signal keeping the tone balanced when you lower the volume.

It is really useful if you play a single channel amp and use your guitar's volume knob to control dirty/clean. If you always leave the knob on 10 then it won't matter.

[TalkToTheBody]

a good mod, but using this parallel RC mod is known to affect the original taper of the tone pot but putting a 130k resistor in series with the capacitor eliminates this ill effect whilst still giving you the treble bleed. Did you notice a change in vol pot taper response using the parallel RC mod?

[ArkAngelHFB]

great playing buddy

[fishmank27]

Thanks for the info! I wanna try it, I like the ease of it too, I just was concerned that it would be a volume loss issue too, sounds like the mod keeps some of the volume and cleans up the drive, my amp is a tube amp do it should work. Thanks!

[ShutOutStar]

@kleydj13 OH great aha guess i'll love my new guitar then =] thanks bunch !