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Robert

 

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Post  Posted 4 Apr 2010 4:33 am    
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I'm back into a steel guitar for the first time in ten years - a really great Fender Dual Professional. My old one (sold a long time ago) was very easy to get the full "boo-wah" tone pot trick on - this new one, not as much. Maybe I just have to re-learn the technique - or is there a particular value pot and/or capacitor that makes a more pronounced bass-to-treble sweep, while still retaining the basic sound of the Fender guitar? I had the tone pot replaced, as the one in this picture was shot, but what about this cap? I'm not an electronics guy, as you can tell!


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Rob Yale, Chicago
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Jason Hull

 

Post  Posted 4 Apr 2010 5:12 am    
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Can't tell much from the picture, as you can't see the caps value. Capacitor tone controls are cut-only, so the larger the capacitor value the deeper it will cut the treble. A .1 mF cap on a 500k pot will give a dramatic effect. Some people might use a 1meg pot, but I think it just adds more noise. You can use a linear pot, instead of an audio pot, for a less-smooth effect; it will be harder to dial in a specific tone, but easier to do the "boo-wah" trick.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 4 Apr 2010 10:20 am    
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Dual Pro: cap .05, pots: 250K

Schematics are available on this site---> Click
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Chad Winn

 

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Post  Posted 4 Apr 2010 7:35 pm    
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Doug Beaumier wrote:
Dual Pro: cap .05, pots: 250K

Schematics are available on this site---> Click


Awesome link.
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Jason Hull

 

Post  Posted 5 Apr 2010 4:28 pm    
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Yeah, thanks for the link!
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Alvin Blaine


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Post  Posted 5 Apr 2010 4:51 pm     Re: Tone Cap for Best "Boo-Wah"?
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Robert wrote:
is there a particular value pot and/or capacitor that makes a more pronounced bass-to-treble sweep, while still retaining the basic sound of the Fender guitar?


A .05 μf cap with a 1 meg audio tapered pot. That will give you the most drastic wah effect.
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Post  Posted 8 Apr 2010 9:57 pm    
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The original controls for the Fender D-8's & T-8's were: Volume 250K Audio and Tone 1 Meg. Linear w/.05 cap.
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