pork said:
I'm in the middle of wiring this beast right now and it's tying my head in knots. Does anybody know if the 56k resistor on the lead circuit tone control is necessary? Fender's wiring diagram has it but the Seymour Duncan diagram omits it. I don't know what purpose this thing serves.
Sorry for the delayed response, I've had my head wrapped around a few things as well haha. The 56k resistor on the lead circuit of a Jaguar is a treble bleed design. Similar has been used on vintage Telecasters. What it does essentially is keep the treble frequencies in your sound as you roll off your volume knob. So, overall, it is absolutely not required to have the guitar working correctly. It originally spawned during those old days before a lot of people were using complex pedal boards and effects. They would keep their tone distorted and dirty at all times and then use the volume knob of the guitar to take the dirt off and clean it up, rather than stomping a box. So, when they lowered the volume, that 56k resistor would keep the treble frequencies in their sound without having it sound so dark or so warm.
My advice is: if you use the controls on your guitars ( vol / tone ) often (I highly recommend it as you can come across some awesome tones), I would use the 56k resistor. If you really just have the controls full open (I often do this too, nothing wrong with it), then you could pass on the treble bleed 56k circuitry. Really, it's up to you.
