Does anyone prefer 300k pots?
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John Wymore
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Re: Does anyone prefer 300k pots?
Well, I sold about 1,100 500K pots last year and no 300K pots. Most of them went in LP's. I guess you can make your own conclusion from that!!
Well, I sold about 1,100 500K pots last year and no 300K pots. Most of them went in LP's. I guess you can make your own conclusion from that!!
Metalman_666
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Re: Does anyone prefer 300k pots?
do pots really make that much of a diff?
do pots really make that much of a diff?
wasteofo2
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Re: Does anyone prefer 300k pots?
Changing from 500k to 250k pots makes a huge difference. In my SG I currently have JB in the bridge with 500k pots. I think it sounds too bright, so I'm going to change them to 250k pots. I could record some before/after stuff to show the difference.
However, I don't have any idea how much of a difference there'd be between 250k and 300k pots.
Changing from 500k to 250k pots makes a huge difference. In my SG I currently have JB in the bridge with 500k pots. I think it sounds too bright, so I'm going to change them to 250k pots. I could record some before/after stuff to show the difference.
However, I don't have any idea how much of a difference there'd be between 250k and 300k pots.
Fresh_Start
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Re: Does anyone prefer 300k pots?
I don't think you would hear enough difference between a 250k and a 300k pot. I tried a 500k tone pot in an H/S/S strat and thought it was too bright - a 250k tone pot did the trick nicely. You might try the opposite - 500k for you tone pot(s). Changing the volume pot is supposed to have a greater affect, but I haven't tried that.
Also, what value is your tone capacitor? If it's .047uf or even .033uf, you might try a .022uf cap to brighten up the guitar.
Finally, is it dark even with the volume at "10" or just too dark as you roll off the volume? If it's only too dark after you've rolled the volume down, then a "treble bleed" might help. There are a lot of different opinions about what cap, resistor (if any), and combination method (series or parallel) works best for a treble bleed, so you'd better search this forum to see what everybody has to say...
Sorry to go off topic - hopefully this helps Fusion1.
Chip
Fusion1 said:
I don't think you would hear enough difference between a 250k and a 300k pot. I tried a 500k tone pot in an H/S/S strat and thought it was too bright - a 250k tone pot did the trick nicely. You might try the opposite - 500k for you tone pot(s). Changing the volume pot is supposed to have a greater affect, but I haven't tried that.
Also, what value is your tone capacitor? If it's .047uf or even .033uf, you might try a .022uf cap to brighten up the guitar.
Finally, is it dark even with the volume at "10" or just too dark as you roll off the volume? If it's only too dark after you've rolled the volume down, then a "treble bleed" might help. There are a lot of different opinions about what cap, resistor (if any), and combination method (series or parallel) works best for a treble bleed, so you'd better search this forum to see what everybody has to say...
Sorry to go off topic - hopefully this helps Fusion1.
Chip
dr.barlo
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Re: Does anyone prefer 300k pots?
Don't change the pot. Instead use a resistor unit, like 240K or 120K depending on your tastes. Installing it would be easier. + like I did you even can install a miniswitch (or a push pull pot) to select 500K versus (500-x)K (x either 240K or 120K).
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wasteofo2 said:
Don't change the pot. Instead use a resistor unit, like 240K or 120K depending on your tastes. Installing it would be easier. + like I did you even can install a miniswitch (or a push pull pot) to select 500K versus (500-x)K (x either 240K or 120K).
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Marcel
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Re: Does anyone prefer 300k pots?
if you want to install the resistor parallel you need a 500K resistor or similar to get about 250 K
why 120k or 240k?dr.barlo said:Don't change the pot. Instead use a resistor unit, like 240K or 120K depending on your tastes. Installing it would be easier. + like I did you even can install a miniswitch (or a push pull pot) to select 500K versus (500-x)K (x either 240K or 120K).
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if you want to install the resistor parallel you need a 500K resistor or similar to get about 250 K
dr.barlo
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Re: Does anyone prefer 300k pots?
Sure, what I said is confusing and not correct to get exactly 250K. As you imply the correct formula would be (500-x/2), x being the resistance value of the unit. Hence, 470K (I guess the standard value, no?) or so would make it go down to some neighborhood of 250K.
I ended up with the 240K on a ~470K pot, and frankly speaking did not check the resistance of the pot after the mod. But it tames the tele bridge just fine, that's why!
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Sure, what I said is confusing and not correct to get exactly 250K. As you imply the correct formula would be (500-x/2), x being the resistance value of the unit. Hence, 470K (I guess the standard value, no?) or so would make it go down to some neighborhood of 250K.
I ended up with the 240K on a ~470K pot, and frankly speaking did not check the resistance of the pot after the mod. But it tames the tele bridge just fine, that's why!
B
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MattPete
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Re: Does anyone prefer 300k pots?
Will a cap really make any noticable difference when the tone control is on 10? I installed a push-pull pot for a tone control that switched between .047uf and .010uf, and I couldn't tell any difference until the tone was rolled down 3/4s of the way.
Fresh_Start said:
Will a cap really make any noticable difference when the tone control is on 10? I installed a push-pull pot for a tone control that switched between .047uf and .010uf, and I couldn't tell any difference until the tone was rolled down 3/4s of the way.
