Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

[Diego]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

2006? Yikes.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

2006? Yikes.

Lol... I think this is the first time I didn't notice I was replying to a zombie thread.

That said, I'll still buy it if you happen to still have it lying around

 

[Securb]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

Fair enough. A 1 meg pot will make a pickup very bright in comparison to a 500k or 250k pot. I'm guessing your Dimebuckers are very dark pickups with regular wiring . . . hence why you're using a 1 meg pot with 'em.

I also have a lot of wire in the guitar. Two coil splits and a phase switch along with the pickup selector.

 

[Diego]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

Lol... I think this is the first time I didn't notice I was replying to a zombie thread.

That said, I'll still buy it if you happen to still have it lying around

Hah! I still have it somewhere in the spares box. Used it with a Invader set I used to own. It might come out someday but not now.

 

[parkerss85]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

Securb, I wonder what audio receiver do you use?.

 

[Xeromus]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

I once bought a used strat where the previous owner put all 1 meg pots in. It was terrible.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

I'd think you'd have to be very specific about the guitar. By the same token, 100k have the same, but opposite effect.

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

I once bought a used strat where the previous owner put all 1 meg pots in. It was terrible.

Did you not use the controls on the guitar, or e.q. your amp for it?

They are designed to give you an excess of everything, so that you have more material to work with. If you aren’t knob fiddling with 1 M pots, you’re missing the point.

 

[Clint 55]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

I once bought a used strat where the previous owner put all 1 meg pots in. It was terrible.

I've experienced that lol. I had a 1 meg vol and no load tone with my ssl511 set and it was glass shards. I have a 1 meg vol and no tone in my super strat with hot hbs and it sounds balanced and great. Aggressive but not unbalanced. I'm also loving my 100k vol in my jazz strat. It's always in the jazz zone. Still has sparkle leaving use to bring in the tone if necessary.

 

[Jacew]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

Did you not use the controls on the guitar, or e.q. your amp for it?

They are designed to give you an excess of everything, so that you have more material to work with. If you aren’t knob fiddling with 1 M pots, you’re missing the point.

+1

I use 500k pots with singles specifically for that. I can get sparkling cleans even when rolling back volume for best possible tone for situation. Or switch them series and kick up treble boost for searing leads and everything between.

 

[Securb]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

Securb, I wonder what audio receiver do you use?..

SONY, why do you ask?

 

[esandes]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

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 are perfect for jazzmaster pickups. They provide the classic surfer tone brightness, signature to jazzmasters.

I tried 1 meg pots with single coils and HBs...that didn't last long.

 

[checo]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

I always use 1 meg pots with no tone on all my neck pickups with a treble bleed circuit or sometimes do a bass cut mod.

 

[checo]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

Depends on your application.

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: Benefits of a 1 meg volume pot?

IME the benefit of 1 meg pots is it’s a great way to test your hearing.