GaryM said:
I desoldered my tone cap and installed a pair of clip leads in its place. With the leads hanging out of the guitar, I tested a bunch of capacitors this afternoon. Ended up using an old .033mfd Sprague Bumblebee and doing the 50's wiring mod. The guitar's tone really came alive. The wiring mod gave me lots more top end chime and the cap change delivered sweet squawkiness on zero. Lots of usable tones in between. Much better jazz tones using the neck PUP now.
If anyone is interested, here is the tone circuit wiring mod from the LPF. Adapt it to your Fender and say goodbye to mud when turning down your volume control. 😎
Thanks for this! My '65 Reissue has this wiring and so far I like it a lot. Orange drop in it as you can see in the pic.
DSC09106 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
