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Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: MerlinTKD on October 04, 2013, 11:22:41 PM

Title: 500K vs 250K pots in a hum-hum guitar
Post by: MerlinTKD on October 04, 2013, 11:22:41 PM

Having a discussion with a co-worker about the Jaguar and Jazzmaster guitars, and how the 'Rhythm' and 'Lead' circuits have 50k vs 1M tone pots in there, and it got me to thinking...

Would putting a 250k tone pot (or both vol and tone) tame an overly bright humbucker? I love my Painkillers, but they can be pretty crispy in my basswood 7 and wouldn't mind toning them down - as long as it won't get too muddy!

Opinions?

Title: Re: 500K vs 250K pots in a hum-hum guitar
Post by: Dave Sloven on October 05, 2013, 04:13:45 AM

Worth a try.  A lot of Gibsons come with 300K pots

Title: Re: 500K vs 250K pots in a hum-hum guitar
Post by: Telerocker on October 07, 2013, 12:25:48 AM

For sure they will tame a bit that topend.

Title: Re: 500K vs 250K pots in a hum-hum guitar
Post by: Dave Sloven on October 07, 2013, 04:07:21 AM

You could also use a 250K push-pull pot wired as a 'blower' switch (i.e., bypass all pots to the jack) on the bridge in case you want to go all-out occasionally.  The rest of the time it would respond like a normal 250K