Just donned on me that 50's wiring is a high pass filter... right?

[ThePanda]

I was playing my Greco LP the other day that I re-wired to 50's wiring and pondered changing it back to Modern.
This sparked a bunch of research again into what exactly these are.

Now that I am getting into electronics more it makes sense... There is a lot "interactive" knobs, keeping the highs, and modern wiring makes my tone dark going around the internet on this topic. Honestly, it is confusing.

It'd be better if more people explained it this way in a high-pass/low-pass context in addition to a psuedo-feeling way.

Modern is a low-pass filter and 50's is a high-pass filter, right?

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[MichaelW]

I was playing my Greco LP the other day that I re-wired to 50's wiring and pondered changing it back to Modern.
This sparked a bunch of research again into what exactly these are.

Now that I am getting into electronics more it makes sense... There is a lot "interactive" knobs, keeping the highs, and modern wiring makes my tone dark going around the internet on this topic. Honestly, it is confusing.

It'd be better if more people explained it this way in a high-pass/low-pass context in addition to a psuedo-feeling way.

Modern is a low-pass filter and 50's is a high-pass filter, right?

Axe Hacks: Spinning Knobs And Flipping Switches

From a guitar hacking point of view, the two major parts that are interesting to us are the pickups and the volume/tone control circuit that lets you adjust the sound while playing. Today, I’…

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That's one way to look at it. But keep in mind that it's not "static" (50's wiring that is) because the Vol and tone pots are now much more interactive. on most 4 knob guitars I've gotten so used to 50's wiring that I just about never do modern wiring with treble bleeds.

But there's no "wrong" way. It depends on what you're after. If I were building a high output pickup guitar for more modern tones, I'd do modern wiring with treble bleeds.

 

[spi]

Hmm, doesn't seem like a high pass to me... there's always a capacitor that sends signal to ground, so that's acting as a low pass. I think the load of the two knobs just alter the response a bit.

 

[Fama]

I've seen a "Vintage Cable Simulator" pedal locally, which is basically a just a switchable capacitor. Here's the schematic https://mikkohuuhtanen.wixsite.com/...soitat/mcpulliainen-boxi-testi-kytkentakaavio

It's in Finnish, but you can understand everything necessary from it.

Edit: Right, misread "wiring" as talking about cables, so feel free to ignore this post.