[jonesy]

Originally Posted by cudamax2343

How about running a pickup straight to the Input jack. I have done this to several of my Guitars and it seems the pickup is hotter and fuller. Do you actually loose output thru cap and controls?

Neil Young has a mini toggle switch on his old Black Les Paul that does exactly that, bypasses all the guts and goes straight to the input jack. Everything in the signal chain will effect your sound even your patch cord.

The guitars that you did that with may have had Stock Caps that were "Choking" off your Tone as well, so it sounded better without them in the mix.
The Pots will do same thing to some extent since they are not true bypass.

Good question...