using a resistor with 500K pot - what will effect be?

[overwound]

Hey all. So I have been pondering how I might be able to have single coils/noiseless single coils in the neck and middle, but have a black winter in the bridge of a strat. I know - kind of crazy tonal variance there, but humor me. I have this schematic attached below. My goal with this is to use just one 500K volume, but let the single coils see less than 500K. I had never thought of this, but the person who suggested this said that incorporating a 470K resistor for the neck and middle will effectively let those pickups 'see' 242K. So by doing this, would I be maintaining the strattiness of area pickups? Does the resistor do anything funny or color the tone? Maybe a dumb question. This schematic really seems to accomplish what I'm after - I just have no electrical/engineering experience - curious what you guys think.

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: using a resistor with 500K pot - what will effect be?

It's not a dumb idea. It doesn't mess with the taper of the pot much. A switch from audio to a log pot or a different value pot is more noticeable than adding a resistor in parallel with a pot. I have been incorporating into more of my wiring lately in order to brighten neck positions while darkening and smoothing out bridge positions or to match pickup impedance with pot impedance.

 

[overwound]

Re: using a resistor with 500K pot - what will effect be?

Sweet thanks for the knowhow. might have to go this route - sounds very promising