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    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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    Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

    Originally posted by ChileanGuy View Post
    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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    • #3
      Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

      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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      • #4
        Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

        Uh huh. I can see why my friend didn't use it, then...

        Thanks anyway. It will make a good paperholder.
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        • #5
          Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

          [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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          • #6
            Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

            Jag's have one meg pots

            Personally I think they're the secret to the sound.

            Just turn down the treble

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            • #7
              Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

              Originally posted by danglybanger View Post
              Jag's have one meg pots

              Personally I think they're the secret to the sound.

              Just turn down the treble

              slade
              Different strokes for different folks. I don't like such bright tones. I put my treble low enough already!

              Thanks anyway, my friend.
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              • #8
                Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

                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.
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                • #9
                  Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

                  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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                  • #10
                    Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

                    Originally posted by Diego View Post
                    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...
                    They work good for a Bass tone pot......As in treble and bass tone controls. A different set up from the standard tone control.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

                      I have one in my Iceman with the Dimebucker/Jazz combo. I would not call that guitar bright or jangly in any way. Pop it it in and see if you like it.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

                        wouldn'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?

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                        • #13
                          Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

                          I’ll buy it from you. I want a 1M for one of my basses.
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                          • #14
                            Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

                            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 Post
                            wouldn'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?
                            If it's logarithmic, then the difference between full value and 500k is like 1/10th of the sweep of the pot. You'll receive sound until the very end of the sweep, just like with a regular 500k or 250k pot.
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                            • #15
                              Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

                              Originally posted by GuitarStv View Post
                              A 1 meg volume pot makes pickups very bright
                              That is a very generalized statement. My Dimebuckers do not sound bright in any way. Not all pickups with sound "bright" with a 1 meg pot.

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