500K vs 250K pots in a hum-hum guitar

[MerlinTKD]

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?

[Dave Sloven]

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

[Telerocker]

For sure they will tame a bit that topend.

[Dave Sloven]

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