Mystery Cap In A Tele

[willie]

Can anyone tell me what a capacitor between the 1st and 2nd "prongs" on a volume pot would do?

I opened up my tele and found it there, and I'm not sure of its purpose.

Is it necessary?

Thanks.

[zeppelinchld]

isnt it supposed to b like that

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[Primal]

Treble bleed cap?

[willie]

hey zeppelin,

i dunno if it's 'supposed to be like that, that's why i ask pros like u on a forum like this. thanks

another stupid question, but does it increase or decrease treble?

cheers

[modman]

The treble bleed cap is not part of Fender traditional wiring. But that is no reason to NOT HAVE it.

This cap makes sure you retain the high frequencies when you roll back the volume. If most players always leave their vol on 10 this is the reason.

You could add a 150k resistor or so in parallel with the cap to ensure its working across the enitre taper.

If you still keep your volume on 10, there is still no reason to remove the cap, at vol 10 the cap and the whole volume pot are out of the circuit.

hope this helps

modman

[willie]

The treble bleed cap is not part of Fender traditional wiring. But that is no reason to NOT HAVE it.

This cap makes sure you retain the high frequencies when you roll back the volume. If most players always leave their vol on 10 this is the reason.

You could add a 150k resistor or so in parallel with the cap to ensure its working across the enitre taper.

If you still keep your volume on 10, there is still no reason to remove the cap, at vol 10 the cap and the whole volume pot are out of the circuit.

hope this helps

modman

i'll put 'er back in!

cheers modman,

[modman]

I installed such a treble bleed cap in a mustang recently, you can see to box type red cap with the resistor across it on the to to the right (vol).

[BNichols]

Anyone who gets GuitarOne magazine may have seen this as a how-to recently. they said it was to retain tonal qualities when the volume changed. Basically it is a filter that lets only high-frequency bypass the volume.