Potentiometers for Seymour Duncan Hot rodded set.

Re: Potentiometers for Seymour Duncan Hot rodded set.

I'd start with 2 500k pots for a, I'm assuming, mahogany Flying V.
 
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The JB and Jazz work great with 250k pots, but many prefer the extra brightness of 500k pots.
 
Re: Potentiometers for Seymour Duncan Hot rodded set.

Anyone ever put a 1meg in the volume pot of a JB/59 combo?
 
Potentiometers for Seymour Duncan Hot rodded set.

I use 250k pots in my mahogany tele/maple neck with JB/Jazz, and I have never lacked brightness. Ever!

I'm starting to think I like 250k pots the best with hot, bright humbuckers. The BW bridge also works wonderfully with a 250k pot!
 
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I use mine with 500k volume and a no-load tone pot. The tone I got is very usable.
 
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Demanic said:
Anyone ever put a 1meg in the volume pot of a JB/59 combo?
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As it is, a lot of players use a 250K or two with JB's, or a roughcast magnet to tame the high end. A 1meg could get all the dogs in the neighborhood howling.
 
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I have 250k volume and tone pots with the JB / Jazz set in my Strat. Sounds great!
 
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Yes, wire it like a les paul. At least two volumes.

Or don't bother with that and just use your tone knob.
 
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If using mismatched pots, you'd probably want the opposite of what you stated (500K for the JB and 250K for the JM). That's a big if, though. I'd just go with the standard 500K/500K/500K setup (though I'd do V/T/T instead of V/V/T).
 
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Re: Potentiometers for Seymour Duncan Hot rodded set.

Demanic said:
Anyone ever put a 1meg in the volume pot of a JB/59 combo?
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Yep. It doesn't help it much; still a very thick, treble-attentuated sounding pickup. And if you're sharing a volume pot for the JB and the '59, the '59's stiffness and clatteriness is made even more apparent with the 1M pot.
 
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I would use VVT and hook the T only to the bridge pup. Thats how my Hamer Special is wired. I never used the tonepot with the neck.
 
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