my cheap, easy Epiphone Casino mods - how I un-muffled the tone

In this video I talk about the mods I've done to my Epiphone Casino -- mostly overhauling the electronics -- and the effect they have on the sound.
With these mods my Casino has become such a more versatile guitar, and a much better fit for my style of playing. Like lifting a heavy blanket off the sound -- it was dull and muffled sounding before but now sounds bright and clear. But I've still retained the ability to dial in those darker, beefier, and honkier stock tones.
Part 1 where I swap the bridge pickup and shootout against the stock dogear P90: • Epiphone Casino pickup...
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GFS NY II pickup: $40
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0:00 tweaking my NY II bridge tone: 250k pots, small value tone caps
3:20 un-muddying the stock neck PU: no-load tone, 1meg volume, simple treble bleed
8:29 strings: DR Legend 11s
11:16 RIP: loss of middle-position quack

[@andorrasrevenge1683]

That joker sounds good!

[@Thoracius]

I realized after doing this video and posting it that I just kind of assume everybody has a working knowledge of how resistance and capacitance affects a guitar circuit, which is ridiculous because until recently I didn't understand it very well (and perhaps still don't). Basically they affect the resonant frequency, above which there is a roll off -- and they affect both at which frequency and how much of a resonance hump. Adding capacitance that shorts the high frequency signal to ground (like a tone knob does) shifts that resonant frequency lower. More capacitance, the lower the frequency. Decreasing the resistance between the hot signal and ground reduces the resonant boost and also shifts it lower. Increased resistance in line also darkens the signal. ( It makes a lot more sense when you look at frequency response charts that show the effect of different values.) that's my understanding at least.

[@crapmalls]

Jazz with Varg 😂

[@user-vv7hb8ok2f]

any middle position stuff you miss is totally made up for with a better bridge pickup.

[@patkeista4343]

nice! varg with 808s????😂

[@RedKingJ23]

varg??

[@Thoracius]

Haha I get that sometimes when my beard is at this length.