Pot values for Les Paul Jr/Special

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SlappyTappy

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Modern Gibsons - 300k vol, 500k tone
Vintage Gibson - 500k all around
Vintage LP Jr - 500k vol, 250k tone
Vintage LP Special - ???

I want to know if vintage LP Specials (2 P90s) were all 500k, 250k on tone, or something else and I can't find the answer anywhere. Help me out!
 
Re: Pot values for Les Paul Jr/Special

I see newer model used Les Paul Jr's going in the $500 range on Craigslist around here. Pot value is around $35 a quarter or $120 an ounce here. Being a Gibson, you could probably get the "bulk" discount of $350 per quarter pound so that would place the pot value for a Gibson Les Paul Jr around 5 or 6 ounces.
 
Re: Pot values for Les Paul Jr/Special

Does that convert to heroin at all, or is that just a Fender thing? (I'm looking at you, Keef Wichads)
 
Re: Pot values for Les Paul Jr/Special

If the Special does indeed have 500k all around, wouldn't that be an interesting contributor to the difference in tone between the two models? I mean, everyone is always going on about how Juniors have this mojo over the dual P90 models, maybe rather than the one pickup mystique it's just a difference in pot values?
 
Re: Pot values for Les Paul Jr/Special

SlappyTappy said:
If the Special does indeed have 500k all around, wouldn't that be an interesting contributor to the difference in tone between the two models? I mean, everyone is always going on about how Juniors have this mojo over the dual P90 models, maybe rather than the one pickup mystique it's just a difference in pot values?
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IMO the main difference is that on Juniors the P-90 is screwed directly into the body, the Specials aren't.
 
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