Pot values for these Lapsteels?

spsimmons

New member
Hi Guys, I'm a new member looking for some opinions on what pot values and capacitors might work best for a couple of lapsteels I'm building.

The first is going to be my personal guitar. I intend to play mostly rock and indie type stuff with it. I really dig Ben Harper's sound.

The pickups I'm using are a Tele Little '59 in the bridge and Duckbucker at the neck. The control set up is two volumes, two tones, and a 3-way switch.

Since these pickups are designed to be replacements in fender guitars, will I be better off using 250k pots, or since they are humbuckers, should I go with 500ks?

Any opinions on tone cap values?

The second guitar is for a friend that is likely to use it in a more rock/country style.

The pickup in it is not a Duncan, but I figured some of you guys might have experience with it. It's going to have a Dimarzio Chopper-T in a tele bridge.

The controls are one volume, one tone, and a parallel/single coil/series switch.

My questions are the same concerning the pot and cap values.

Thanks, Shannon
 
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