Vox style cut control

[navdave]

This is from the infamous Dime Bag Darrell amp made by Krank.
Wouldn't this put DC on the cut control?

[sluckey]

Yes. But since no current can flow thru the pot, it's not a problem.

[navdave]

Thanks Sluckey!
Wonder if there would be any tonal changes if it was placed after the coupling caps like in a Vox amp.

Yes. But since no current can flow thru the pot, it's not a problem.

[HotBluePlates]

I'd doubt there would be any difference, since the 2 locations would be functionally the same.

[The_Gaz]

Yeah, no idea why they put it before the coupling caps - their idea of 'innovation', i suppose. They have also infamously used a variable slope resistor with no cap before the tonestack, placing DC voltage on the control. I'm not sure how that passed safety regulations.

[bobmegantz]

there is a limit to how much DC you can apply to the resistive element before it will conduct to some other metal part of the pot...

[The_Gaz]

Sure, but the idea is that under some sort of fault the DC would reach the pot's casing. That would be much more unlikely to happen with a blocking cap before the pot, unless of course that managed to fail too. That would be one very very unlucky guitarist.