Look what just arrived...

[ThreeChordWonder]

[jeremy]

nice! big fan of the bridge pup

[Mincer]

That is a great set! Come back after you install them!

[ThreeChordWonder]

Questions:

What value pots and capacitor are recommended?

I want a good "Tele twang" out of these.

PS nines.

[Mincer]

It was designed to drop right in, with no change in the pots or cap. But experiment!
I don't know if the QP is a good pickup for twang, as it has more mids and a lot more output than what we normally think of as vintage Tele pickups. It does its own thing.

[ThreeChordWonder]

^ They'll be dropping into a DIY :-)

[ToneFiddler]

never owned the neck, but i use my SD Str-1 (which is brighter) without a tonepot most of the time.
same for the quarterpound bridge. i like the bridge that way.
so maybe a no load pot or pushpull pot is a good start, so you can take the tone cuircuit out.

[Mincer]

^ They'll be dropping into a DIY :-)

Gotcha. I'd start with whatever you have around. You probably find as many people who like QPs with 500k as well as people who like 250k. As intended, it was designed to drop right in a stock Tele with 250k.

[jeremy]

with 250k they are fat and a little dark. some like that, some like 500k which opens up the top a bit. if you want twang, definitely 500k. just rock, 250k is probably fine

[ThreeChordWonder]

Wiring done.

250K volume with a push-pull to invert the neck, 500k no-load tone. Don't know why but I seem to prefer a 250K volume to a 500K. A Fender 4-way switch gives me the normal three positions plus both pickups in series, so with the neck phase invert as well I get:

Bridge
Bridge plus neck parallel
Bridge plus inverted neck parallel
Neck
Bridge plus neck series
Bridge plus inverted neck series

The ash body (a $50 "second" off eBay) has been sanded, tung oiled and come up beautifully. Really pleased. I'm waiting for the tung oil to fully harden before clear coating it Monday or Tuesday. A fantastic neck arrived from Howell Guitars up in Michigan. Maple with a rosewood top, satin back (super-smooth) and superb medium-medium frets with no fret sprouts at all.

[ToneFiddler]

pics! or it didn't happen

that's a lot of options! you will find out what you like.
i guess series will be over the top. have to try that at some point, too