Members bluesrock70's Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 Why would you use 1 meg control pots on single coils? Fender has them on their '69 RI Tele Thinline.Do the caps stay the same value? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted September 5, 2007 Members Share Posted September 5, 2007 I'm no expert (by far on pots) but usually you use a 250K on single coils and a higher value on humbuckers, 500K or 1 meg. I have a '69 Thinline and it is my understanding that those 1meg pots are a large part of the reason that that guitar is so bright. My question is do you just need to change them on the volume pots or both the volume AND tone pots. My guess is volume only will do the trick. Tell me Don Pardo, what do I win? edit, dunno nuttin about caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesrock70's Posted September 6, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 6, 2007 I had read somewhere that SRV used 1 meg on volume pot, that kinda makes sence that it would brighten the singles.I got the wiring harness off a '69 RI and was going to use it on a Tele project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Promit Posted September 6, 2007 Members Share Posted September 6, 2007 1meg, no. I'm using hot-wound (6.5k AlNiCo V) BG Vintage 60s with a 500M pot in my Strat neck and mid. They have a brilliant, bright, and surprisingly complex thick sound that really hurts through an amp without a tone stack to balance things. 1meg would go far too far, and I think it would be absolutely piercing from the bridge. Maybe if you had a guitar made of much darker sounding tone woods and a pickup which really pulled back on the highs...but seriously, you're just pushing things way the hell out of balance at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesrock70's Posted September 6, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 6, 2007 Good point , wil save them for something else maybe a dark HB. Thanks:wave: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted September 6, 2007 Members Share Posted September 6, 2007 Fender used them back in the late '60s and early '70s because they had a HUGE, HUGE surplus of 1meg pots from amps that they no longer had another use for, so they put them in guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mikesr1963 Posted September 6, 2007 Members Share Posted September 6, 2007 I just wired up a Squier with Fender noiseless pups and they came with 1 meg pots. The instructions had them wired up like a regular strat but they cam with a .022uf cap, a 680pf cap and a 220k resister so you could wire it up like an American Strat. So I pulled the schematic off the Fender site and wired it up like an American Strat using everything that came with set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesrock70's Posted September 6, 2007 Author Members Share Posted September 6, 2007 I guess I could try them and if I don't like it , I can always change them out. No pain no gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BootRoots Posted September 6, 2007 Members Share Posted September 6, 2007 I swapped out the 1 meg pots in my thinline for 250K. The 1megs really aren't as ice picky as people claim they are. I was just experimenting and happened to like the 250Ks that I thew in there. pots and caps are cheap. if you aren't happy with something swap em out for something else and see what you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members book_of_lies777 Posted September 6, 2007 Members Share Posted September 6, 2007 my Squier Tele has 500k pots - adds to the spank, I suppose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mcinku Posted September 6, 2007 Members Share Posted September 6, 2007 Nothing wrong with 1M pots, I have it in my custom tele. So 1M pots, CS Fender Nocaster pups and a walnut with maple top body... BF Champ clone 5E3 clone Both recordings are my tele direct into an amp (no other EQ). That doesn't sound ice picky to me. There is one thing I have to change. I have to install Treble Bleed mod but I'm afraid this would mess with my tone to much. Like you said, try them and if you don't like it, change it. Tone is a very personal thing, nobody can tell you what is good for you. You just have to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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