500K/500K vs 500K/Resistor or straight 250K or straight 500K

Jovan

Jovan

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As we all know usual values for humbucker are 500K pots, 1 volume and 1 tone. I need advice for 1 humbucker 1 volume pot guitar. To "emulate" 2 500K pots which option is best (also is there any "real" difference that is audible between this 3 options):

a) Just one 250K volume pot
b) Use 500K volume pot with 470K resistor (to emulate tone pot on 10) (do I need cap in this wiring or just resistor?)
c) Just one 500K volume pot (as on many stock 1 humbucker 1 volume guitars)

Tnx!
 
Re: 500K/500K vs 500K/Resistor or straight 250K or straight 500K

If you want to emulate a setup of 500k volume and tone pots, you'd probably want the second option. The tone pot, even when on 10, will still suck out some treble. That's why you will see metal players who take the tone pot out completely. The 250k pot would be the farthest from that sound. The one 500k pot without a tone pot would sound the brightest.
 
Re: 500K/500K vs 500K/Resistor or straight 250K or straight 500K

Is it a big difference between 500K pot vs 500K + resistor? Also, shouldn't 500K/500K had 250K reading therefore be same as one 250K pot or I am wrong?
 
Re: 500K/500K vs 500K/Resistor or straight 250K or straight 500K

Jovan said:
Is it a big difference between 500K pot vs 500K + resistor? Also, shouldn't 500K/500K had 250K reading therefore be same as one 250K pot or I am wrong?
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I would say, for sake of simplicity, just do a 500K volume pot and call it done. If you want the sound of a tone pot on ten, you can hook a .022uF capacitor in series with a 470K or 510K resistor between the output lug on the volume pot and ground to emulate a tone pot on ten.
 
Re: 500K/500K vs 500K/Resistor or straight 250K or straight 500K

Jovan said:
Is it a big difference between 500K pot vs 500K + resistor? Also, shouldn't 500K/500K had 250K reading therefore be same as one 250K pot or I am wrong?
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Some difference, you'd have to hear it yourself. I'd say try the 500K pot alone first, then if that seems too bright throw in the resistor. And no, the 500K pots do not cancel into 250K.
 
Re: 500K/500K vs 500K/Resistor or straight 250K or straight 500K

Tnx for help and info! Once more thumbs up from me for ppl on this forum!
 
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