What volume/tone pots are used on H-S-S styled guitars?

[That90'sGuy]

Someone online asked me what pots I have in my Grosh, and truthfully, I didn't know :laugh2: :smack:

What pot values do you guys think work the best for single coil and humbuckers? Normally 250 would be for single and 500 for humbuckers, but this has me puzzled.

 

[some_dude]

Re: What volume/tone pots are used on H-S-S styled guitars?

I run 250k in Strats.

Those are the only HSS guitars I've owned, so....

 

[That90'sGuy]

Re: What volume/tone pots are used on H-S-S styled guitars?

Thanks.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: What volume/tone pots are used on H-S-S styled guitars?

Each of the strats that I Own that are H/S/S have all 250k pots and I have no problems retaining highend..Single coils sound harsh and shrill with 500k and I base my tone around the 250k values...

In my Gibson guitars with humbuckers,I'll only use 500k values..

John

 

[That90'sGuy]

Re: What volume/tone pots are used on H-S-S styled guitars?

Perfect... thanks a lot John

I'll definitely stick with 250s now. Wasn't originally sure if I need 300 or something strange like that, but whatever I have in the Grosh sounds great with the humbucker... so 250 must work fine.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: What volume/tone pots are used on H-S-S styled guitars?

People will debate that you shouldn't use 250k pots with humbuckers,but that's hokey,in fact the JB was designed around the 250k value...Strats are bright and Fender used 250k values to tame some of the "presence" away from his single coils...The 250k helps retain some fatness of tone,has a quicker taper,and tames the highs...While I'll agree that humbuckers are a bit more open and breathe better with the 500k values,the 250k to 300k values work fine for me..It's really a matter of what sounds good in your case and not what other people tell you is right or wrong..

John

 

[Naps]

Re: What volume/tone pots are used on H-S-S styled guitars?

my H-S-S guitar has 500's. But then again, it has a humbucker and two single-coil size humbuckers -C5, JB Jr, Lil '59.

 

[Kent S.]

Re: What volume/tone pots are used on H-S-S styled guitars?

I use 500k pots for volume, tone a matter of choice more so, but then I use darker sounding humcancelling singles so go figure.
I still like the idea of a 500k with a humbucker, as I can roll a bit of high end off of true singles with the tone control. It does depend on the pups and the guitar though. I most certainly do like a 500k on a H/S/H guitar, but then again most of those are really geared around the humbucker sound anyway, and have a middle single that kinda matches that sound. Still personal taste, but well worth thinking about.

 

[That90'sGuy]

Re: What volume/tone pots are used on H-S-S styled guitars?

Thanks for the responses, I definitely see the advantages to both.