anyone ever use 500k pots in their tele?

[Xeromus]

The reason I ask is because when I purchased my Schecter Tele it had 500k pots in it. When I put the Rio Grande set in there I put in 250k CTS pots to retain a good vintage tone. I know 500k's will open up the tone, but would it make it far too icepicky in a tele as well?

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: anyone ever use 500k pots in their tele?

I had them in a parts-o-caster that I had while back. They sounded good, but I did have a Tallboy Twangbucker in the neck and a Muy Grande Twangbucker at the bridge. I don't know how they would react to real singles.

 

[Xeromus]

Re: anyone ever use 500k pots in their tele?

I had them in a parts-o-caster that I had while back. They sounded good, but I did have a Tallboy Twangbucker in the neck and a Muy Grande Twangbucker at the bridge. I don't know how they would react to real singles.

yeah that's the question. Whenever I use buckers of any sort I use 500k pots, but I've never tried it with singles.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: anyone ever use 500k pots in their tele?

Depends on the pickup...if it's bright and ice picky go 250K. If it's warmer and sometimes could use a little more bite, like the Duncan Jerry Donahue, maybe 500K would be a plus. I use a no load tone pot and wire the tone pot to the middle terminal of the volume pot to brighten up my Jerry Donahue. Lew

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: anyone ever use 500k pots in their tele?

I have a tele with QP's in the bridge and middle and a GFS Bigmouth in the neck with a 500k volume and a 250k tone. All three balance out prefectly.

Snowdog