Covered humbucker pot value
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Re: Covered humbucker pot value
Its not really the same. Maybe going for a 500k vs 250k tone pot is more equivalent.....as the cover is likely to kill generally top end only - the tone pot value will change only highs. A vol pot change changes practically the whole pickup resonant frequency......except the bass - as this place has cause to know, the bass stays unchanged with a vol pot value change.
Its not really the same. Maybe going for a 500k vs 250k tone pot is more equivalent.....as the cover is likely to kill generally top end only - the tone pot value will change only highs. A vol pot change changes practically the whole pickup resonant frequency......except the bass - as this place has cause to know, the bass stays unchanged with a vol pot value change.
ItsaBass
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Re: Covered humbucker pot value
No, I would say that the two are not comparable.
The difference with a good quality (e.g. Seymour Duncan) humbucker cover vs. open coils is barely audible IME, if at all. OTOH, the difference between pot values can be very noticeable IME.
I loves me my treble (can always be reduced later, but can't easily be added later), but I have zero worries about covering a humbucker. If that's the look I want, then I put covers on, without thinking twice about what it will do to my tone.
All that being said, I would be using at least a 500K pot with a JB, and I actually find 1M better, myself. Those pickups really smear over and obscure the high end, inherently.
No, I would say that the two are not comparable.
The difference with a good quality (e.g. Seymour Duncan) humbucker cover vs. open coils is barely audible IME, if at all. OTOH, the difference between pot values can be very noticeable IME.
I loves me my treble (can always be reduced later, but can't easily be added later), but I have zero worries about covering a humbucker. If that's the look I want, then I put covers on, without thinking twice about what it will do to my tone.
All that being said, I would be using at least a 500K pot with a JB, and I actually find 1M better, myself. Those pickups really smear over and obscure the high end, inherently.
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