Simon...very interesting. I've done a twin humbucker guitar and have the no volume problem. Where can I get a kinman wiring diagram?
Simon...very interesting. I've done a twin humbucker guitar and have the no volume problem. Where can I get a kinman wiring diagram?
The 'Kinman' mod is just wiring the bleed capacitor and resistor in series instead of parallel. Different people have different ideas on the optimum cap and resistor value, but a 0.001uF/1pF capacitor and a 130k ohm 1/4 watt resistor seem to be the most popular.
In the diagram below, the first option is simply a capacitor, which works but can lead to the tone getting a lot brighter as the volume is reduced. The second is a capacitor and resistor in parallel, which is the Seymour Duncan/StewMac/PBG kit version, whilst the third is the capacitor and resistor in series and is often known as the 'Kinman' version.
I tried the second one on a Strat I rewired recently and that worked nicely, but the Kinman version would work better on a two-volume control guitar. Wazkelly found out with a Jazz Bass (where there is no selector switch and both pickups are permanently in circuit), that the standard treble bleed kits caused the volume drop-out when one pickup volume was turned right down (to select either just the bridge or neck pick-up), which caused me to start looking into these things.
There is a lot of stuff out there on the web about these bleed circuits, and there are quite a lot of variations on values, plus more alternative circuits, some of which seem rather OTT, in search of technical perfection.
that's a nice shine there dedman theirs some work in that body smooth as a baby bum
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Very you, Dedman. It "looks" like the kind of music you like to listen to.
Current:
GTH-1
Completed:
AST-1FB
First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
ES-5V
Scratchie lapsteel
Custom ST-1 12 String
JBA-4
TL-1TB
Scratch Lapsteel
Meinl DIY Cajon
Cigar Box lap steel
Wishing:
Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck
What a right pain in the butt getting that wiring in through those tiny f holes. glad I went with mini pots! I called them f'n holes a fair bit! Much eaiser on the full size axes. But to my surprise even after all the twisting and turning it passed the "tap" test first time round. Tuners, a clean up of the fret board to get the masking tap glue off and strings tomorrow!
I have to say that since buying a decent soldering station my wiring has improved 100%. Again thanks Doc for the advice on what to buy
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Build 6- Community prototype
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Build 3 JR-1
Build 2 GD-1
Build 1 TLA-1
Build 19 PSH-1 Kustom
Build 18 HB-4S Kustom
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Build 15 PBG-2-
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Build 12 DM-1S
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Build 10 Basic strat
Build 9 JM Kustom
Build 8 FV-1G
Build 7 ES-2V
Build 6- Community prototype
Build 5 LP-1LQ
Build 4 ES-5V
Build 3 JR-1
Build 2 GD-1
Build 1 TLA-1
Looking great, Dedman.
What's it sound like? Has it got much of a semi-acoustic nature to it?