1 meg pots, is it worth it????

jer72deluxe · Post by **jer72deluxe** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:18 am

Hi everyone, I'm new to the site and i am and have been the proud owner of a 72 tele deluxe RI. I have been tossing the idea around of doing some upgrades and one was putting 1 meg pots in it. I was wondering if its worth it putting some in. I know mike has done it and said it improves the sound.

-Thanks!!

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:21 am

give it a shot.
worse case scenario you have to change them back out, and re-sell them and you lose 4-5 bucks and some time.
but its worth knowing.
its really all preference honestly.

jer72deluxe · Post by **jer72deluxe** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:22 am

great thanks man! I'll definitely look into doing it soon

Will · Post by **Will** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:39 am

Electronically, it makes more sense to use 1MEG. 500K makes the most sense, but it's much cooler to have 1,000,000 ohms of resistance.

There are some equations involving inductance and impedance that prove it.

astro · Post by **astro** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:58 am

If you find that your pickups are lacking in brightness, give it a shot. It literally takes a few minutes to do, so reversing the mod takes just a few minutes more.

I just did this mod for the first time myself a couple of weeks ago. The pickups were too muddy with 250k pots, but they brightened up nicely with 1 meg pots.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:16 am

I found it made a massive difference to my Telecaster Deluxe, it increased the brightness and upper midrange attack of the pickups.

jer72deluxe · Post by **jer72deluxe** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:40 pm

awesome! thanks guys!! I'm going to order the pots. any suggestions for make?

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:10 pm

get solid shaft alpha pots from www.smallbearelec.com

jer72deluxe · Post by **jer72deluxe** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:36 am

ordered dimarzio pots today before i left work and they should be here middle of next week

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:51 pm

dimarzio makes pots?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 5:18 pm

bubbles_horwitz wrote:dimarzio makes pots?

Aye, thats what i put in my original JS, supposed to be the best around.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:50 pm

i'm a noob, never used a soldring iron before, can i do this by myself?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:46 am

Yeah its pretty straight forward, draw a diagram first of what goes where then copy it. Make sure the iron is hot, heat both wire and terminal for a few seconds then add solder. Your looking for a strong shiny solder joint. Be gentle removing the cap though, its easy to pull the legs out in some cases.

I read an article the other week in a guitar magazine where they were saying a lot of peoples sub Â£500 guitars had hidden tonal qualities locked away with poor electronics and wiring. Comparable to playing with a blanket over your amp. Upgrading pickups alone can transform most budget instruments, pots, caps and wiring often get overlooked. Its something i have gotten into more recently.

Post by **dots** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:36 am

oddly enough, i've always wondered what my avri jag would sound like if i dropped some 250 or 500's in it. just for shits and giggle, ya know?

jer72deluxe · Post by **jer72deluxe** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:49 pm

Fran wrote:Yeah its pretty straight forward, draw a diagram first of what goes where then copy it. Make sure the iron is hot, heat both wire and terminal for a few seconds then add solder. Your looking for a strong shiny solder joint. Be gentle removing the cap though, its easy to pull the legs out in some cases.

I read an article the other week in a guitar magazine where they were saying a lot of peoples sub Â£500 guitars had hidden tonal qualities locked away with poor electronics and wiring. Comparable to playing with a blanket over your amp. Upgrading pickups alone can transform most budget instruments, pots, caps and wiring often get overlooked. Its something i have gotten into more recently.

yes. draw a diagram i went through this issue before with a previous guitar of mine and believe me, you will save yourself from a headache.

jer72deluxe · Post by **jer72deluxe** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:53 pm

bubbles_horwitz wrote:dimarzio makes pots?

yea but whats funny is all of them are not necessarily made by dimarzio. i believe the 250k are made in mexico the 500k are made in taiwan and the 1meg I'm not sure of.....possibly mexico but the mex ones are supposedly the best they have from what i hear.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:48 pm

Fran wrote:Yeah its pretty straight forward, draw a diagram first of what goes where then copy it. Make sure the iron is hot, heat both wire and terminal for a few seconds then add solder. Your looking for a strong shiny solder joint. Be gentle removing the cap though, its easy to pull the legs out in some cases.

I read an article the other week in a guitar magazine where they were saying a lot of peoples sub Â£500 guitars had hidden tonal qualities locked away with poor electronics and wiring. Comparable to playing with a blanket over your amp. Upgrading pickups alone can transform most budget instruments, pots, caps and wiring often get overlooked. Its something i have gotten into more recently.

Thanks, i'm gonna try it.

euan · Post by **euan** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:45 pm

bubbles_horwitz wrote:dimarzio makes pots?

They make a shit load of stuff besides pickups. They were one of the first aftermarket suppliers.

euan · Post by **euan** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:47 pm

Fran wrote:Yeah its pretty straight forward, draw a diagram first of what goes where then copy it. Make sure the iron is hot, heat both wire and terminal for a few seconds then add solder. Your looking for a strong shiny solder joint. Be gentle removing the cap though, its easy to pull the legs out in some cases.

I read an article the other week in a guitar magazine where they were saying a lot of peoples sub Â£500 guitars had hidden tonal qualities locked away with poor electronics and wiring. Comparable to playing with a blanket over your amp. Upgrading pickups alone can transform most budget instruments, pots, caps and wiring often get overlooked. Its something i have gotten into more recently.

I've gotta agree about this. But not only that but there is a big tonal advantage in raising the action a wee bit as well. There is too much emphasis on low action these days. Raising the saddles a turn on ultra low and kinda low setups always opens them out to me.

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:04 am

euan wrote:
bubbles_horwitz wrote:dimarzio makes pots?
They make a shit load of stuff besides pickups. They were one of the first aftermarket suppliers.

i know they make a bunch of other crap. i just didn't know that they manufacture pots.