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What do the different value pots (potentomitors?) do for/to a pickup?
Like the 250k, 500k and 1Meg pots, do they just give a wider range of sound possible?

Like if one had a 500k tone pot for the bridge humbucker, as opposed to a 250k one, would this mean it's more sensitive to the humbucker's output, like you can get a wider range between 1-10 than you would with a 250k one?

Sorry if that doesn't make any sense

The higher the pot value, the less current within the pickup that's be sent to ground, which will quot;open it upquot;. The lower the pot value, the more current sent to ground. A 250k tone pot on a humbucker may make it sound too dark. 500k's are pretty standard for humbuckers but not the rule. You can use whatever sounds good to you.

I like to use quot;NO LOADquot; pots this means that when they are on 10 they do not bleed any highs or output
this is the same effect as running a pup right from the input jack
you get all the output and highs without ANY attenuation

from : localhost/guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/product/CPNL1

Those 'no load' pots are cool.

Don't you mean output jack?

here is a do it yourself MOD for making a NO LOAD pot
I do this to all my pots,
from : localhost/www.projectguitar.com/tut/pots.htm


Originally Posted by ErikHThose 'no load' pots are cool.

Don't you mean output jack?

well the cable goes into the jack and i feel it is more sexual saying INPUT than output


Originally Posted by WICKED LESTERwell the cable goes into the jack and i feel it is more sexual saying INPUT than output

That's a good enough reason for me.

I've seen that site. Haven't done any changes to any of my pots yet but I did try one that was already set as no-load. I like them for tone pots but not volume.


Originally Posted by ErikHThe higher the pot value, the less current within the pickup that's be sent to ground, which will quot;open it upquot;. The lower the pot value, the more current sent to ground. A 250k tone pot on a humbucker may make it sound too dark. 500k's are pretty standard for humbuckers but not the rule. You can use whatever sounds good to you.

Thanks!

Also, how can you tell what k a pot is (250k, 500k etc), are they marked out?


Originally Posted by MontyThanks!

Also, how can you tell what k a pot is (250k, 500k etc), are they marked out?

yes they should have a stamp on the top of the pot but IF not
take a reading on it with a multimeterHey I'm gonna change my tone pot for my bridge humbucker from the 500k one to a 1meg one. I just desolder and remove the old one and put the new one in its place, right?

Yup, and solder the connections to the sample places. It's that simple.

Cheers.

Hi there just a question
What about if you hve a guitar like a custom tele with a humbucker in the neck and a single coil in the bridge? Using the standard tele wiring with 1 tone 1 volume wont the neck humbucker sound very dark compared to the single coil? Is there any way to fix this


Originally Posted by DillsHi there just a question
What about if you hve a guitar like a custom tele with a humbucker in the neck and a single coil in the bridge? Using the standard tele wiring with 1 tone 1 volume wont the neck humbucker sound very dark compared to the single coil? Is there any way to fix this

May be you can add a 100k resistor between the line coming from the humbucker to the tone pot and see if that may any difference. My guess is you probably won't get a lot of roll off on the humbucker though.

Actually, rather than a 100k resistor in series with the humbucker, use 500k pots and put a 100k-150k resistor in series with the neck single-coil.

Adding a 100k resistor to an already dark sounding pickup will make it darker.

will a 1meg pot rolled off to 1/4 sound like if it was a 250k pot, or to half sound like a 500k? ive always wondered this...


Originally Posted by ErikHActually, rather than a 100k resistor in series with the humbucker, use 500k pots and put a 100k-150k resistor in series with the neck single-coil.

Adding a 100k resistor to an already dark sounding pickup will make it darker.

My mistake! I was thinking that if the Tele is using a 250K pot and a 0.022 uf capacitor. You won't be able to darken the Humbucker. You may have to increase the resistance or the capacitance or even both in order to roll off the humbucker.


Originally Posted by 54'Stratwill a 1meg pot rolled off to 1/4 sound like if it was a 250k pot, or to half sound like a 500k? ive always wondered this...

That may not be the case. The high frequency cut depends on both the resistance of the pot and the reactance of the capacitor. Together thay give a non-linear response, so you probably won't get he result you expected.

You won't notice a difference in tone between a 500k pot at ten and a 1m pot turned down to 500k. You'd have to meter the pot down to 500k to test this because 1m analog taper pots will not be at 500k turned down half way.

In a h/s Tele with 500k pots you can do a couple pf things. Use a 500k pot for the volume and a 250k tone pot sometimes helps, or you can use a small value cap between the single coils hot lead and ground to bleed off a little of the top end. Start at .001 mf and fine the value that works best for you.