Author Topic: I want a pot...two actually. (Read 3826 times)

downrodeo · « **on:** June 06, 2006, 04:04:01 AM »

Tasteless Pulp Fiction throwback...but anyways...
Hey guys! I need new volume and tone pots for my guitar! I'm replacing 2 25K EMG pots. This means I need 500K pots, but in the BK store, I realized that there are many options and I'm quite confused over which potentiometes to get! I know it's a simple answer, but I don't want to purchase the wrong pots.

j7899 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2006, 02:48:21 PM »

Since they are passive and humbuckers you want two 500K audio taper pots, if it was only one humbucker you would use a 250K pot.

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downrodeo · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2006, 03:23:50 PM »

Thanks alot man.

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2006, 11:48:52 PM »

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Since they are passive and humbuckers you want two 500K audio taper pots, if it was only one humbucker you would use a 250K pot.

you would generally use 500k pots with humbuckers regardless of whether you have one or two pickups. you could use 250k pots but the tone would have less treble (Gibson actually use 300k pots these days, or they certainly were anyway).

a higher value pot will give you more treble - I use a 1M pot for the volume on my Tele's neck humbucker.

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FELINEGUITARS · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2006, 02:16:46 AM »

wd music have a nice 500k pot : wd500 is the part number
Real nice smooth taper - even volume increase
It's what i use

j7899 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 07, 2006, 04:40:26 AM »

I was saying with a single pot, meaning single volume pot 250K is needed to equal the resistance that the 2x500K pots would have together.