Re: Bypassing volume/tone controls on bass


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Is there an accepted/preferred way to bypass the volume and tone
controls on a bass? I remember from way back that the Grateful Dead
did this, maybe just Garcia.


I don't know about Garcia, but it definitely wasn't Phil Lesh. Once
Alembic started pimping out his axes, they had more knobs than the
cockpit of a passenger jet.

http://dozin.com/phil/lesh.htm


Okay I got to ask......Why?

I bought am American P-bass cheap because the guy had disconnected the
controls. Of course the first thing I did was install pots and knobs.

-DA

Don't you bypass at least some types of volume controls just by turning
them all the way up?

-S-



Acutally I believe you are correct. By turning the volume up and the tone
control up, you are essentally bypassing the controls. Passive controls
just bleed the signal and/or highs to ground.

-DA


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