Re: Bypassing volume/tone controls on bass

David Axt wrote:
"Steve Freides" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:64apu1F2883q7U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"David Axt" <daxtATpacifierDOTcom> wrote in message news:13u08liog6e4v5e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"JoeSpareBedroom" <dishborealis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4MUDj.88$Cn4.85@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<edspyhill01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5addfda4-3140-48f0-b688-71edf472f705@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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



It still leaves a shunt resistance of the value of the pot across the
leads.

--
Les Cargill
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Bypassing volume/tone controls on bass
    ... controls on a bass? ... I remember from way back that the Grateful Dead ... I don't know about Garcia, but it definitely wasn't Phil Lesh. ... Of course the first thing I did was install pots and knobs. ...
    (alt.guitar.bass)
  • Re: Bypassing volume/tone controls on bass
    ... controls on a bass? ... I remember from way back that the Grateful Dead ... I don't know about Garcia, but it definitely wasn't Phil Lesh. ... Of course the first thing I did was install pots and knobs. ...
    (alt.guitar.bass)
  • Re: Continuous rotary switch
    ... What's the name for one of those knobs like you get on radio's for ... volume controls where it keeps turning and there's no stops? ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Continuous rotary switch
    ... What's the name for one of those knobs like you get on radio's for ... volume controls where it keeps turning and there's no stops? ... You just count phased pulses from it. ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Bypassing volume/tone controls on bass
    ... controls on a bass? ... I don't know about Garcia, but it definitely wasn't Phil Lesh. ... Of course the first thing I did was install pots and knobs. ... Don't you bypass at least some types of volume controls just by turning ...
    (alt.guitar.bass)