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Twang Banger

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Got my first Valentine (yes, that means another - with trem - someday). I really like this guitar. Great player, excellent tone variations ... not so crazy about the 20db booster ... a little much. Oh, and although I thought I would hate the color, it looks a lot better in-person than it does in photos!

This means another Fender in the herd will bite the dust.


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guertzi

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Congrats!
If the +20db are too much: as far as I know you can adjust the boost amount with a trim pot, maybe you want to give it try.

Rock on!
 

Fro

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I adjusted the boost on mine down quite a bit. Now I can hit the boost on the bridge pickup and role the tone back a bit to get a very good humbucker sound.
 

RichieZ

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Congrats on the Valentine!


What does this adjustment involve?
The trim pot under the back panel labeled "BST" controls the amount of boost. I keep mine about halfway. Max is 20db but I believe they come from the factory set to 11db.
I'm under the impression that the one labeled "COM" controls the balance of volume between the single/humbucker/combined positions, but mine is well balanced so I never messed with it.
The two other pots control the silent circuit for the bridge"B" and the split neck(there's an "N" you can't see in the pic) pickups, respectively.
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Twang Banger

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Congrats on the Valentine!



The trim pot under the back panel labeled "BST" controls the amount of boost. I keep mine about halfway. Max is 20db but I believe they come from the factory set to 11db.
I'm under the impression that the one labeled "COM" controls the balance of volume between the single/humbucker/combined positions, but mine is well balanced so I never messed with it.
The two other pots control the silent circuit for the bridge"B" and the split neck(there's an "N" you can't see in the pic) pickups, respectively.
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Wow. Thanks. I’m dizzy.


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