In an effort to try and clean up the wiring in my builds i'd like to try and start to braid the wires going to the pots.
i'm guessing/assuming that tone controls shouldn't add noise, but gain and volumes controls make me nervous, especially with high gain pedals like the dr. boogie.
can i safely braid the wires going to the gain and volume pots without adding noise or oscillation?
thanks
when to braid wires and when not to?
- FiveseveN
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Wires in proximity form a tiny parasitic capacitor. Depending on what signals flow through those wires, it might actually reduce noise or HF oscillation (e.g. in a negative feedback loop) or horribly aggravate it (e.g. coupling input and in phase output).
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- grrrunge
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Twisting the wires introduces inductance as well, providing higher resistance for higher frequency AC signals. That could probably eliminate some HF-noise, if used carefully.
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