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What does the super zee knob do?
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 5:05 pm
by erer
more specifically, how useful is the super zee knob in playing with loud pickups? i have a dam wedge mki and it chokes a little bit with this new guitar i got recently. i know the most current batch uses the same transistors as the wedge, so i know the same tone will be there, but im just trying to figure out if a 1965 would be better suited to me.
thank you!
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 7:12 pm
by daCod
Re: What does the super zee knob do?
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:02 am
by devnulljp
erer wrote:im just trying to figure out if a 1965 would be better suited to me.
The answer to that question is always a resounding YES!
Re: What does the super zee knob do?
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:31 am
by redeyeflight
The super zee adds volume and a touch of bass to the MK I platform. The newer 1965s it adds a LOT of volume the older 65's less so. If I recall correctly the blue wedge MK I's already have the zee mode on them as standard?
Re: What does the super zee knob do?
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 7:24 am
by innerflight
Super Zee mode with my Strat =
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:01 pm
by erer
Thank you, Dan! I'll just have to get a new pickup then.
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Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 7:18 pm
by anemochore
erer wrote:Thank you, Dan! I'll just have to get a new pickup then.
Won't rolling the volume on the guitar back a bit give you the same results?
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 7:25 pm
by daCod
this ^ and also (please dont hate) a compressor in front of it maybe might help things out?
Re: What does the super zee knob do?
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 8:00 pm
by The Captain
Basically it cuts the output limiting resistor in half, from the stock 2.2 Meg down to 1 Meg. The first batch of the new 2015 1965's that went to Joe all had approx 1.5 Meg limiting as stock and the Super Zee bypassed it entirely.
If your MKI is one that Linz built it is likely to have the I Meg limiting resistor as stock. Likey so...
The point with the switch was to help the circuit handle higher gain pick-ups a little better but still in a vintage threshold, as in, not a modern Humbucker slamming out 22k or something hideous.
Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2015 7:21 pm
by erer
cheers!!!!
will stay with the blue wedge, and yeah, rolling back the volume will do just fine. haha. kinda forgot about that fix, go figure.
however i did drop egc a line about getting a new pickup around 8k. think that classifies it as "vintage hot"?
