Supporting hardware for Strat setup - help

[pingflood]

Hello,

Looking to put the following combo into a MIJ HSS strat:

SH-6 bridge
Cool rails middle
Hot rails neck

I'm thinking 250k pots (this model has one tone pot only), and a .047 cap, would this be a reasonable setup? And should I consider any other switch setup (5-way) than neck, neck+middle, middle, middle+bridge, bridge?

(I should add that I have a Tele with single coils, and another strat with single coils, so just looking for something to play heavier stuff with here...)

cheers!

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Supporting hardware for Strat setup - help

Well, technically those pups will give you an HHH Strat not as HSS.

I would use 500k pots rather than 250k. You could use the .047 cap but a .022 might give you a little better response.

 

[pingflood]

Re: Supporting hardware for Strat setup - help

Well, technically those pups will give you an HHH Strat not as HSS.

I would use 500k pots rather than 250k. You could use the .047 cap but a .022 might give you a little better response.

Thanks! Yeah, I meant it was originally HSS. I was going off a wiring diagram that suggested .047 but I know the single coil sized rails don't really act like a "proper" humbucker so wanted to ask. 500k + .022 will basically brighten up the sound a bit, yes?