A friend gave me a new 1 meg CTS pot. He says he doesn't need it. What's good about these? I've mostly read about 250k and 500k around here but nothing else...
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Originally posted by ChileanGuy View PostA friend gave me a new 1 meg CTS pot. He says he doesn't need it. What's good about these? I've mostly read about 250k and 500k around here but nothing else...
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If you have a really powerfull humbucker and its dark you can use one on the tone to brighten it up and give it a wider fequency range. Although the 50's mod is more usefull. Say you have a 250k tone with a .010 capacitor changing to a 500k pot you will need a .022 capacitor to keep the same frequency range. Too high a value pot with any pickup will make it sound clanky. If a single coil is over 10k you can use a 500k pot for volume since it is likely to be dark enough to use it.
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Uh huh. I can see why my friend didn't use it, then...
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[QUOTE=idsnowdog;1040782]If you have a really powerfull humbucker and its dark you can use one on the tone to brighten it up and give it a wider fequency range. QUOTE]
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Originally posted by danglybanger View PostJag's have one meg pots
Personally I think they're the secret to the sound.
Just turn down the treble
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Thanks anyway, my friend.Epiphone LP Standard PlusTop Pro
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hm i dig the jangle alot. I may put 500k's in my strat sometime soon. Should one put 500k for tone pot as well, or 250's? I just like a very very open tone.2004 50th Anniversary Deluxe American Strat, SETH-N BRIDGE, ANT 2 SURFER MIDDLE, ANT 2 DLX MINI HUM NECK
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the rhythm circuit for a Jag has a one meg volume and a 50k tone that cuts down on the jangle totally, and makes things completely smooth.
Play around would be my guess. though the 1 meg tone and volume on the lead circuit gives the jangliest tones ever
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Originally posted by Diego View PostA friend gave me a new 1 meg CTS pot. He says he doesn't need it. What's good about these? I've mostly read about 250k and 500k around here but nothing else...
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A 1 meg volume pot makes pickups very bright (almost as bright as wiring directly to the jack). If you're a volume on full, tone on full all the time guy you probably won't like it. With most pickups a 1 meg volume pot requires use of the tone knob to make it manageable. Using a 1 meg tone pot is very similar to using a no-load tone pot . . . when it's full up, there's almost no treble lost.
Originally posted by greekdude View Postwouldn't such a pot b too sensitive as far its range is concerned? I mean more than half of the range would produce no sound. Isn't it an issue?Join me in the fight against muscular atrophy!
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