Ash deluxe player partscaster pot values

Mark Cearlock

Mark Cearlock

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I am assembling a Fender deluxe player partscaster, (ash body/ maple neck/ board) and am planning (at least tentivly) running dimarzio rail pickups. I have a pro track for the bridge, and going to use either a satch track, or chopper in the neck, and eithe a cruiser bridge, or fast track 1 in the middle.
I am planning on running a 250k master volume, a 250k master no load tone pot, and a 250k blender for neck and bridge combo.
Dimarzio (and others) usually recommend 500k pots for the rails, but my thinking is that with using 250k vol, and the 250k no load tone, will have enough high end detail, without being over the top as 500k v and t could potentially be.. (I like the idea that a single 250k volume will be the equivalent of a 500k v +500k tone, with the ability to tame the highs with the master no load tone if need be)
looking for others input on rails + ash/ maple strat combo, and what pot values you have found to be a happy medium between ice pick and mud..
thanks!
 
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I'd say 250k volume and tone, if the tones are no load, and a 1meg blender.
 
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250k no load tone pots would make the pickup see a similar resistance to two 500k pots when they are clicked put of the circuit, but blender pots don't click out of the circuit, so you'd constantly have at least two 250k pots cutting high end. If all three pots were 250k the guitar would likely be too dark if you planned on using pickups designed around 500k pots.
 
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^ What are you talking about no load pots don't click out of the circuit? Of course they do regardless of wether it's a blender. The ohms just affect the sweep of the blender pot. 250k will take effect noticably at the beginning of the sweep. Blenders don't cut anything to ground so I don't think they add to the load. I don't know for sure tho. Greg?!

About overall pot values, my rail pickguard has a 500k volume and is by no means too bright. But whatever sound you're going for. If you want a dark sound you could use 250k. There's also 300k.
 
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Chistopher said:
250k no load tone pots would make the pickup see a similar resistance to two 500k pots when they are clicked put of the circuit, but blender pots don't click out of the circuit, so you'd constantly have at least two 250k pots cutting high end. If all three pots were 250k the guitar would likely be too dark if you planned on using pickups designed around 500k pots.
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But, if the tone and blender were clicked out of the circuit, still would only be seeing 250k, right?
I can definitely see how the master tone and blender engaged would be a big load however..
 
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My bad, I thought the OP was talking about those pots used for cross fading. A blender pot with a 250k value will make the tone darker when turned up than a 1meg pot, so a 1meg pot will be more "transparent" for lack of a better word. A blend pot is identical to a no-load pot but without the detent at 10.
 
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Why would a no load blender on 10 affect the sound if it's out of the circuit.
 
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Chistopher said:
My bad, I thought the OP was talking about those pots used for cross fading. A blender pot with a 250k value will make the tone darker when turned up than a 1meg pot, so a 1meg pot will be more "transparent" for lack of a better word. A blend pot is identical to a no-load pot but without the detent at 10.
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Yes to clarify, I was planning to use a 250k no load pot as a blender..
 
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^ That's what I have and it works well. Blenders don't add to the load since nothing is connected to ground.
 
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Then I guess I've done something wrong with mine, as mine was wired in a way where the pot value mattered. But I now see how it can be done where it has no effect.
 
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Hmm! The lower the ohms, the more quickly the other pickup gets blended in so it has some effect. Did you connect something to ground?
 
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I forget exactly how I did it, but yes, there was a connection to ground. I used a stereo pot, which is different than what the OP is using.
 
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