Need opinions......modding my Strat

[Shawn]

Re: Need opinions......modding my Strat

Jon, Thanks for all the advice.

What exactly would the restrictor look like?

As far as the invader goes, I think it kills. It is just nasty and snarly, which was exactly what I was looking for. My Charvel 475 is more of a pretty, smooth drawn out crunch. The Invader is in your face, right now, and unbelievably quiet when your are not strumming.

Anyhow, I am thrilled with this guitar. One Volume, One Bucker, big balls sound, cool surf green finish. Just needs new tuners, thats it, and even that is questionable.

I went to the shop expecting to drop a couple grand on a Paul, and walked away with a $449 Mexican strat that I really like.

Go Figure.


Shawn

[SARJ]

Re: Need opinions......modding my Strat

The capacitor is usualy a brownish red roundish, square thing with 2 wires soldered to the volume pot. Can't miss it. It's up to you if it is there to take it off. To the best of my knowledge I wouldn't know why a capacitor would be on a volume knob. Usualy the tone knob has one and it determines how intense or how dramatic the change in tone as you turn the knob. I may be wrong. I'm just going off what someone else told me. I believe the De Long Strat is a Strat with the balls of a Les Paul. Good axe.

[SARJ]

Re: Need opinions......modding my Strat

The capacitor is usualy a brownish red roundish, square thing with 2 wires soldered to the volume pot. Can't miss it. It's up to you if it is there to take it off. To the best of my knowledge I wouldn't know why a capacitor would be on a volume knob. Usualy the tone knob has one and it determines how intense or how dramatic the change in tone as you turn the knob. I may be wrong. I'm just going off what someone else told me. I believe the De Long Strat is a Strat with the balls of a Les Paul. Good axe.

[jgcable]

Re: Need opinions......modding my Strat

That cap may very well be a treble bleed. What a treble bleed does is allow you to roll the volume down and still maintain the brightness. I guess you can call it an anti-mud control. I doubt that it restricts the Invader and most likely it makes it more useful. I would think twice before cutting it out. It is a great pro mod.

[jgcable]

Re: Need opinions......modding my Strat

That cap may very well be a treble bleed. What a treble bleed does is allow you to roll the volume down and still maintain the brightness. I guess you can call it an anti-mud control. I doubt that it restricts the Invader and most likely it makes it more useful. I would think twice before cutting it out. It is a great pro mod.

[lerxstcat]

Re: Need opinions......modding my Strat

If any pickup ever needed that mod, it's the Invader! Those Harmony Central guys were experiencing the placebo effect or confusing mud with balls.

[lerxstcat]

Re: Need opinions......modding my Strat

If any pickup ever needed that mod, it's the Invader! Those Harmony Central guys were experiencing the placebo effect or confusing mud with balls.

[SARJ]

Re: Need opinions......modding my Strat

After thinking about it and asking around, yeah, you guys are right. I never did the mod myself because by the time I would have wanted to I was ready to sell off my Delongs. One of the reviews was pretty harsh when it came to taking the capacitor out.

[SARJ]

Re: Need opinions......modding my Strat

After thinking about it and asking around, yeah, you guys are right. I never did the mod myself because by the time I would have wanted to I was ready to sell off my Delongs. One of the reviews was pretty harsh when it came to taking the capacitor out.