JS1000 High Pass Filter... Broke or somthin....???

DrPuls · #1 12-13-2002, 04:29 AM

Hey guys, all your techs out there, I think my high pass filter is not working. When I oull it out its supposed to keep the tone at lower volumes right??? Well it doesnt do that at all, In or out i can play with it all day and it sounds the same all the time no matter what volume setting I have it on. Also just a note, the coil tap works just fine, I like it alot, turns my guitar into a fender, BUT the highpass filter, I wanna know what im missing!!! Or it could just be me, Im not sure. Any one wanna help???

EKG · #2 12-13-2002, 12:27 PM

Is it a new guitar?
Have you checked the wiring?
I've also noticed this when my amp volume was too low.

Rich · #3 12-13-2002, 12:44 PM

Or if you have a dirty setup like mine. I've never been able to hear a difference. I talked to Matt King about it at JF2K1 and he flipped it on, whoa. He was playing through a little Fender set very clean.

DrPuls · #4 12-13-2002, 04:00 PM

Yes all new guitar, brand spankin new from The man himself... Anyhow, Im not sure what you mean by a dirty setup, but I play with distortion alot, but still shouldnt there be a sound difference???

Rich · #5 12-13-2002, 04:06 PM

dirty - DS1 on 8, pregain on 9, I can never hear the pass.

EKG · #6 12-13-2002, 05:06 PM

Hmmm, I can hear it on clean or distorted (more on clean), but the volume on the guitar has to be rolled way down to like 1-3. It just keeps it bright sounding. I'm not using a pedal for distorion, I use the amp gain.

Two hands31 · #7 12-14-2002, 07:06 PM

It's designed so that it doesn't lose the tone when you turn down the guitar's volume knob, right?

Soloist · #8 12-14-2002, 08:05 PM

Yes, it is supposed to allow you to hear more high frequency sound, above x hertz (whatever the capacitor value determines), making high's present when you lower the volume knob below the threshold that would have normally attenuated those frequencies.

EKG · #9 12-14-2002, 09:41 PM

soloist - very well put ;-)

Petie · #10 01-12-2003, 12:58 AM

Yeah, when the volume's on 10 it won't make any difference.
I install these little buggers on all of my guitars, though no on-off switch, it's always there. It works best on my telecaster. Start with a distorted tone and back it off, and you're in instant Junior Brown or SRV overdrive territory.