RG550-Too bright w/ maple (.047Uf cap?)

[satchmo72]

I just got a great new (to me) 1998 RG550 from a fellow Jemsiter. I installed a Breed in the bridge thinking it would be perfect because of the warmth it (the Breed) dispayed in my Rosewood fretboarded RG370DX.

The 550 is still too bright for my tastes, probably not used to the maple board.

I was not sure how to attack this because I love the guitar, just not it's brightness. I switched the tone pot to a 250K ohm already and even thought about just hardwiring a 150Kohm resistor into the tone pots' place but I use the tone pot so that option is out.

I read that the lower you went in cap values, the more highs that would come thru so I went the other way and instead of using the .022 cap, I used a .047 on the tone pot.

Question is, is my thinking right? Is that the best way to go about doing it? To not have a guitar sound so jangly and harsh?

Thanks,
Jeff

[Vim Fuego]

Yup, increasing the cap value may help, you could also lower the volume pot value, use 250k for both volume and tone and then try each of the two caps, if it's still too bright put both caps in parallel giving 0.07 uf.
Good luck!
Jim

[satchmo72]

Thanks Vim, well, I tried the .047uF and it was too much.

I am thinking that I might try a Tone Zone and the 250K tone pot with the 22 cap and see if that will do it. It's close.

Jeff

[HeavyMetal4Ever]

If you are gonna try the Tone Zone, give it a go before you change your tone pot. Many folks find it to be muddy with a 500k pot, 250k might cut too much high end.

Congrats on the RG550, great axe. I hope you get the sound you are looking for.

Rock on!