500K pots
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 3:04 pm
Is it worthwhile to buy 500K pots while installing new pickups? Thank you.
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Randy Finney wrote:Stewmac has an article about this. http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/Electronics/Pots/w101-controlpots.html
In a nut shell...High-value pots are stronger resistors than low-value pots, so they retain more highs in the signal to the amp.
If you switch from 250K to 500K pots, your guitar will sound brighter.
If your sound is muddy, you might try using a 1Meg pot to brighten it up.
For a warmer tone use 250K pots. That's always a good way to tame down single-coil pickups that are too bright.
Randy