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Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: Crazy_Joe on January 27, 2008, 08:18:23 PM

Title: My SG Pots
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 27, 2008, 08:18:23 PM: Recently people have found their SG pots are not 500k but 300k, so i had a look in my SG, and i haven't seen any like this before.

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Sandman666/DSC00309.jpg)

Anyone know what they are likely to be?

Cheers, Joe.
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: sgmypod on January 27, 2008, 09:32:12 PM: Look very similar to ones I pulled out of my sg yesterday the Vol was 300k and the tones were 500k..switch is weird is that a newish Sg
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 27, 2008, 09:59:35 PM: Quote from: sgmypod
Look very similar to ones I pulled out of my sg yesterday the Vol was 300k and the tones were 500k..switch is weird is that a newish Sg

Nope it's an SG-1 from some time in the 90's, the switch is a coil tap switch because it only has 1 pickup.
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: Twinfan on January 27, 2008, 10:58:03 PM: You can't tell pot values just by looking, you'll need to test them. I'd gues at what sgmypod says though ;)
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: hunter on January 28, 2008, 06:08:26 AM: is there not a number engraved on the housing? I think normal CTS or Alpha pots do ...
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: Philly Q on January 28, 2008, 08:19:14 AM: I don't know about the pot values, but it's interesting to see that pic.

My '99 SG-Xs both have the flat-backed pots (I think they're CGE) with "Gibson" logos engraved on them. I guess they changed suppliers during that couple of years.
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: sgmypod on January 28, 2008, 09:31:46 AM: yeah was similar time(mine was a 89-90 sg with horrible bill lawrence muddy pickups on)
but you can test pots(have to be disconected) for values(as I remember you use a multimetre test the two outer prongs on the pot)
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: AdamB on January 28, 2008, 05:35:24 PM: Spoke to a few guitar techs and apparrently, ALL Gibson SG's have 300k volume pots!
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: AdamB on January 28, 2008, 05:36:43 PM: Also...

http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10422
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 28, 2008, 07:46:14 PM: Hmmm interesting, well i'm get a bkp soon and i'll see how it sounds, if i'm not happy with it then i'll change to some 500k's (if what adammato says is true that they are all 300k)
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: Philly Q on January 28, 2008, 08:47:32 PM: We tend to get a bit carried away in these Gibson threads, as if 300K pots are some kind of terrible plague.

But - assuming my Gibsons have 300K pots - I'm not sure I'd want the Riff Raff in my SG-X or the Rebel Yell in my The Paul to sound any brighter than they do already.
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: Twinfan on January 28, 2008, 09:16:55 PM: I think I've got 300k pots in my '61 reissue. Combined with the stock '57 classics they sound fine to me - I ain't changing anything!
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: Henk on January 29, 2008, 01:05:35 PM: Same here TF, '57 + 300k pots in Gibson SG = fine

The classic plus bridge i have in it bottoms out pretty heavy though, kind of weird wreckingball tone, still undecided on that one.
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: AdamB on January 29, 2008, 02:57:54 PM: Aye, the 300k pots are fine with lots of pickups, even my Ceramic warpigs sounded good with it. But it really shines with the 500k one. Let's just the right amount of treble through
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: Crazy_Joe on January 29, 2008, 05:25:44 PM: Riff raff has been ordered thanks to the mighty god that is Tim :P
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: TomW on January 29, 2008, 07:49:18 PM: Quote from: Crazy_Joe
Riff raff has been ordered thanks to the mighty god that is Tim :P

Cool, let us know what they're like when you get them cos I'm hopefully going to be replacing my nailbomb with a riff raff once I've saved enough money.
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: Tellboy on January 31, 2008, 08:51:43 PM: Quote from: sgmypod
yeah was similar time(mine was a 89-90 sg with horrible bill lawrence muddy pickups on)

I had the same in my 89 Les Paul Standard - coils mounted on a pcb and labelled "Original", HB-L (bridge) and HB-R (neck). Sold them on ebay last month as I had replaced them a long time ago with Crawlers.
(http://freespace.virgin.net/terry.tildesley/pics/GibsonHB2.jpg)
Title: My SG Pots
Post by: sgmypod on February 01, 2008, 12:45:01 PM: Ahhh....hated them..they are now rewound as great pickups