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Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: Muzzzz on August 25, 2006, 04:17:18 AM

Title: 500k or 250k pots?
Post by: Muzzzz on August 25, 2006, 04:17:18 AM

Ok, this is something I have been thinking of asking someone for a while:

I'm changing the pickups on my HSS strat to a nailbomb and 2 trilogies. I was planning on putting in 500k pots for better distortion, but then I wondered if that would wreck the 'true' clean strat tone of the trilogies...
That would suck, coz i want this to be an everything-in-one machine.

Any comments or advice is very welcome.  :D:D:D:D:D:D

Title: 500k or 250k pots?
Post by: HTH AMPS on August 25, 2006, 05:38:43 PM

there was a wiring schematic going round here a while back where you have a 500k pot and switch in a 500k resistor in parallel with the pot for single coil tones.  this effectively gives you a 250k pot.

 :twisted:

Title: 500k or 250k pots?
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on August 25, 2006, 07:11:57 PM

Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL

there was a wiring schematic going round here a while back where you have a 500k pot and switch in a 500k resistor in parallel with the pot for single coil tones.  this effectively gives you a 250k pot.

 :twisted:

A good idea
Although you will probably find that the Trillies like the 500k better too as they are quite a high DC resistance much like the humbucker and will benefit from the reduced high end loss that the 500k  pot gives compared to the 250k one

Title: 500k or 250k pots?
Post by: Muzzzz on August 27, 2006, 05:17:46 AM

:lol:  thanx dudes  :lol: