mid control -> not much control

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rutledj
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mid control -> not much control

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I realized I had my bass pot wired incorrectly ( had too much bass). After correcting that I see that my Mid control has very little control.

My ckt is the standard non-hrm with a 250kA mid pot. Is this normal?

I tried setting up a "Voice" switch that would switch between two different mid caps (.01 and .05) but that yields virtually no tone diff either.

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Re: mid control -> not much control

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It is likely your mid pot is incorrectly wired also.My stock D'Lite mid control has a huge mid sweep when turned.
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Well, It goes directly from the 150k slope resister through a .01 cap and then directly to terminals 1&2 of the mid pot. Terminal 3 is grounded.

I don't see any other way to wire it up??

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It may not be the mid pot but something else in the tone stack.Tunnel vision can make you look right at something for a long time and not see what you are doing wrong.
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If your slope is a 15K and not 150K, that could do it!

Fwiw, the .05uf cap should have a wah like response when you cycle the mids.

The .01uf is much less so. I has very little effect on the low low mids. It boosts a bit below 1K when cranked.
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His may look like this one.??
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