Pots!?

[lunchbox]

Im new to the forum so a bit of background info. I am a rookie at modding still. ATM im more/less playing around with pawn shop guitars, trying to learn the ins and outs, and plan on starting a top notch partscaster soon as soon as I am confidant in my abilities.

I am putting together a fat strat. I got a good deal on lil 59'/Vintage rails (havent figured out which i want for neck or mid yet) and 59 SH-1 for bridge off of eBay. All the wiring digrams I seem to find (except for the HH guitars) seem to use 250K pots. It was my understanding that I want to use 500K pots with humbuckers.

Im not looking to get crazy with the setup. I dont plan on splitting or phasing and looking to do a standard strat 5 way switch setup. I want to keep the sound as cool and mellow as possible.

thanks in advance

[GilmourD]

Re: Pots!?

Im new to the forum so a bit of background info. I am a rookie at modding still. ATM im more/less playing around with pawn shop guitars, trying to learn the ins and outs, and plan on starting a top notch partscaster soon as soon as I am confidant in my abilities.

I am putting together a fat strat. I got a good deal on lil 59'/Vintage rails (havent figured out which i want for neck or mid yet) and 59 SH-1 for bridge off of eBay. All the wiring digrams I seem to find (except for the HH guitars) seem to use 250K pots. It was my understanding that I want to use 500K pots with humbuckers.

Im not looking to get crazy with the setup. I dont plan on splitting or phasing and looking to do a standard strat 5 way switch setup. I want to keep the sound as cool and mellow as possible.

thanks in advance

I'm a strange bird in the fact that I like 500K volumes in HSS guitars. But that's in straight-up HSS guitars, while you're talking about an HHH guitar, technically.

If you go with a regular HSS setup, I'd wire it like a vintage Strat (tones on the middle and neck, not on the bridge) except with a 500K volume (the tones would remain 250K). If it's the HHH setup you're talking about go all 500Ks.

[lunchbox]

Re: Pots!?

Yes exactly, in short, I am looking for a HHH setup. I was 95% sure that I need to go 500k pots, but the SD diagrams threw me through a loop. This is my first time using the single coil sized buckers so I wasnt sure if they were special.

Thanks!

[big kurka]

Re: Pots!?

If you are putting in the single coil size humbuckers, they are met to be used with 250k pots, but to one there own. If you choose to use 500k pots it will allow more higher freq. to come through. Could be ear peircing. I had a hot rails and two little 59's in my strat when I had and it sounded great with 250k pots. I you are using full size humbuckers then go with 500k pots