Adding a Treble Bleed circuit to a Mustang

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Adding a Treble Bleed circuit to a Mustang

Post by taylornutt »

When I was putting together my Musicmaster, Haze did the wiring harness for me and added a treble bleed circuit so when you roll off the tone knob it does not suck all the volume away as well..

I really like it and was considering adding it to one or both of my Mustangs. Is it hard? Does anyone have a wiring diagram for it and can tell me how to add it to the existing Mustang wiring?

I need to recheck one of the switches on my Mustang and could add it then.
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Post by rps-10 »

Do you mean the simple cap across the volume pot mod?

http://www.ratcliffe.co.za/articles/volumepot2.shtml
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Post by taylornutt »

Not Sure. Unless Haze chimes in , I may have to open up my Musicmaster to see what he added.
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Post by Freddy V-C »

Surely the most logical thing would be to ask Haze directly?
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Post by honeyiscool »

I dislike treble bleed mods because I do rely on the sound darkening up with the volume knob going left. However, it's relatively easy to stick a tone knob that rolls off bass instead of treble. You could even stack that on your tone knob so you have bass roll-off as well as treble roll-off.

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Post by Kyle »

honeyiscool wrote:I dislike treble bleed mods because I do rely on the sound darkening up with the volume knob going left.
I am in agreement.
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Post by Joey »

Mr Lou told me that years ago, to roll back on the volume to dial in more tonez. I never ever play clean on 10, usually on 7.