Hello! I have a HSS Strat but the current pickups in the neck and mid aren't doing it for me anymore. I would like to put SSL-5s in the guitar, but the only problem is I have my Strat wired with 5ooK pots(the current Neck and Mid pickups in the guitar are single coil sized humbuckers). If I were to put the SSL5 pickups in the mid and neck, would I need to change the value of the pots from 500k to 250k?
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You could leave your pots as is and see how you like it, then decide if you want to darken things. I once had my SSL1s with a 500k volume and no tone! It's a bright and glassy sound, but very usable. Other common solutions people do is use a 300k volume pot, or put resistors in parallel with the single coils to darken them.
Edit: woops, saw you're talking about SSL5s. Yeah you're good to go with 500k pots. They're kinda dark with the top rounded off kinda like stacks.Last edited by Clint 55; 09-16-2020, 10:34 PM.The things that you wanted
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Hmm, what is it you don't like with the current setup?
If they're a bit bright, might be an idea to try your current setup with 250k pots for the tones affecting the middle and neck pickups at least.
It would be a lot cheaper than than replacement pups
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I totally think SSL-5s with 500k would be fine. Some people even consider them dark (I don't, really), but before I go buying other parts, I'd see what it sounds like.Administrator of the SDUGF
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Originally posted by playas View PostHmm, what is it you don't like with the current setup?
If they're a bit bright, might be an idea to try your current setup with 250k pots for the tones affecting the middle and neck pickups at least.
It would be a lot cheaper than than replacement pups
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Originally posted by jeremy View Posti like the ssl5 best in the neck and middle with 500k pots, in the bridge i prefer 250k. i ran a ssl6 (same pup with flat poles) in hss config with 500k pots and i was very happy with it
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Originally posted by jeremy View Posti like the ssl5 best in the neck and middle with 500k pots, in the bridge i prefer 250k. i ran a ssl6 (same pup with flat poles) in hss config with 500k pots and i was very happy with it
but yeah try them with 500k!Quality riffs in about a minute...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2B...Y3EewvQ/videos
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Update: I had the SSL-5s installed with a Dimarzio AT-1 in the bridge and they all match perfectly. I used 500 K pots for both volume and tone(I only have one tone knob on the guitar) and it sounds great! The SSL-5's are very good and I'm glad they match with the AT-1. I love playing this strat(Ash Body with a Maple neck and Wenge Fretboard).
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Originally posted by Guitarmusic View PostUpdate: I had the SSL-5s installed with a Dimarzio AT-1 in the bridge and they all match perfectly. I used 500 K pots for both volume and tone(I only have one tone knob on the guitar) and it sounds great! The SSL-5's are very good and I'm glad they match with the AT-1. I love playing this strat(Ash Body with a Maple neck and Wenge Fretboard).Administrator of the SDUGF
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IME it's always good to change one thing at a time and evaluate
Thanks for reinforcing my worldview.Originally posted by crusty philtrumAnyone who *sings* at me through their teeth deserves to have a bus drive through their face
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