What does this control do on the 2017 Cutlass SSS?

[polarkgr]

What does the small off-white adjustment next to the Tone Pot on the PC board of the Cutlass SSS (in this case from 2017) do?

Thank you.

Karl

 

[jones4tone]

Photo?

 

[polarkgr]

 

[John C]

I think there is supposed to be a trim pot for the Silent Circuit on the Cutlass circuit card - like there was on the original Silent Circuits (the canister-shaped device on Silhouette Specials, SSS Albert Lees, and used to be on EBMMs that had the MM90 pickups) - to adjust the hum cancelling for the individual instrument.

I found a photo of the Cutlass circuit card on a Reverb.com listing for a loaded pickguard:

 

[beej]

Yep, Silent Circuit adjustment. It will adjust the amount of hum that's subtracted from your signal when you're using the single coils.

If you swap pickups, for example, you'll probably want to adjust that to find the best position for noise cancellation.

 

[Astrofreq]

I just cranked it all the way up hoping it would improve my improvising.