LP tone pot

[D-Rock]

The bridge tone pot on my LP is acting up. Cutting out/silencing my signal and what not.

Can I simply de-solder the pot and remove it without any headaches resulting? Will the signal pass through without the tone pot connected?
I don't use it, so I'd prefer just to disconnect it than replace it.

 

[Code001]

Just lift the leg of the capacitor, and it'll disable the tone pot in a Les Paul wiring situation.

 

[jmgman69]

Just lift the leg of the capacitor, and it'll disable the tone pot in a Les Paul wiring situation.

this

 

[D-Rock]

Thanks guys, I just snipped one of the legs. It's a beater guitar that stays in the garage, no value to me other than the JB I put in the in the bridge position.

 

[Kevin11]

Just lift the leg of the capacitor, and it'll disable the tone pot in a Les Paul wiring situation.

And be amazed at how much better your LP sounds! This of course depends on the quality of your tone circuit before it went south on you. I happen to prefer it disconnected on most of my guitars. I've gone one further and replaced my tone pots with push/pull pots to use for coil splitting on all of my LPs. They're not wired in for tone, just splitting.

 

[D-Rock]

What does it do? Make the signal more direct? One less thing in the path?

 

[Kelly]

What does it do? Make the signal more direct? One less thing in the path?

yes

 

[killertone]

What does it do? Make the signal more direct? One less thing in the path?

Reduces capacitance.

I disconnect the the tone pots in all my LPCs as well as replace the 300k pots with 500k. Better attack and a bit more treble. I did it just a couple days ago on one of my LPCs and I swear the pickup has more output now.

 

[D-Rock]

So I might notice a slight increase in sustain? clarity? and gain too?

Hmmm, I might need to do this to another guitar in particular of mine.

 

[jmgman69]

So I might notice a slight increase in sustain? clarity? and gain too?

Hmmm, I might need to do this to another guitar in particular of mine.

yep

 

[Code001]

So I might notice a slight increase in sustain? clarity? and gain too?

Hmmm, I might need to do this to another guitar in particular of mine.

Depending on the guitar, it might not always be a cap to lift. It might be a wire. Basically, remove everything that isn't ground, and you'll be golden. I say leave the ground because it could be daisy chained to other areas, and if you remove the ground in that situation, you'd have to relocate it. It's not a big deal, but it adds to the work.