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Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:01 pm
by Fran
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 £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
Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:15 pm
by jer72deluxe
just put in the pots today and i love the tone!!
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:09 pm
by hulmerist
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...?
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:02 pm
by Mike
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.
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:01 am
by hulmerist
any good place to get them in the uk?
do i want 500k or 1meg?
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:12 am
by Mike
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:51 am
by hulmerist
use the same type for all 4 yeah?
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:58 am
by Mike
Yup.
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:05 pm
by hulmerist
awesome, thanks for the help
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:19 pm
by sp3k
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?
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:02 pm
by hulmerist
would these work as well?
POTS
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:11 am
by Mike
Yes, get the LOG version.
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:03 pm
by hulmerist
ta
Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:14 pm
by hulmerist
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: