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

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:01 pm

euan wrote:
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.

Yeah i agree, along with heavier string guage. Problem for me is i like low action, i was weaned on Randy Rhoads and EVH so low action was quite a necessity. ;P

jer72deluxe · Post by **jer72deluxe** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:15 pm

just put in the pots today and i love the tone!!

hulmerist · Post by **hulmerist** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:09 pm

i was thinking of doing this to my tele deluxe

but i have a question, do you need to change both the tone and volume pots...?

Post by **Mike** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:02 pm

For the maximum treble at max volume and tone, then yes.

I think it's worth going for it if you're gonna do it. I really think it's a great and cheap way to make the pickups in the guitar Shine.

hulmerist · Post by **hulmerist** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:01 am

any good place to get them in the uk?

do i want 500k or 1meg?

Post by **Mike** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:12 am

The Uk is rubbish for guitar stuff, I would do this:
http://www.banzaieffects.de/Alpha-Guita ... 17319.html

or this:
http://www.musikding.de/product_info.ph ... audio.html

hulmerist · Post by **hulmerist** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:51 am

use the same type for all 4 yeah?

Post by **Mike** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:58 am

hulmerist · Post by **hulmerist** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:05 pm

awesome, thanks for the help

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:19 pm

I have a tele custom (bucker on the neck and single on the bridge)
I should just switch the pots from the humbucker, right?

btw, does anyone know how to make the volume pots master volumes in the middle position?

hulmerist · Post by **hulmerist** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:02 pm

Mike wrote:The Uk is rubbish for guitar stuff, I would do this:
http://www.banzaieffects.de/Alpha-Guita ... 17319.html

or this:
http://www.musikding.de/product_info.ph ... audio.html

would these work as well?

POTS

Post by **Mike** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:11 am

Yes, get the LOG version.

hulmerist · Post by **hulmerist** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:03 pm

hulmerist · Post by **hulmerist** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:14 pm

completed this earlier, apart from some extremely foul and abusive language at a capacitor it went pretty well considering i haven't soldered anything for 6 years

my neck pickup on my deluxe is finally usable :rock: