Members surfcat Posted May 2, 2005 Members Share Posted May 2, 2005 I saw a post where someone replaced their Norlin era Les Paul's 300k volume pots with 500k ones and it brightened it up. Did the '80 ones come with 300k pots and is that a good mod? Mine is pretty dark sounding except with the bridge pickup. I'm not very knowledgable about the technical side of electronics. Is this a popular mod for these to brighten up the sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Armitage Posted May 2, 2005 Members Share Posted May 2, 2005 I don't think all Norlin Les Pauls have 300k pots, but going from 300k to 500k does brighten things up and give you more output. HB pickups are generally voiced for 500k pots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members k4df4l Posted May 2, 2005 Members Share Posted May 2, 2005 Originally posted by surfcat Is this a popular mod for these to brighten up the sound? Yep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wizard of Ozz Posted May 2, 2005 Members Share Posted May 2, 2005 Get a DMM and ckeck to be sure. The 500K pots will make the pups sound brighter and more open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Originally posted by Wizard of Ozz Get a DMM and ckeck to be sure. The 500K pots will make the pups sound brighter and more open. The last batch of 500K CTS pots I bought measured anywhere from 300K to 480K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members k4df4l Posted May 3, 2005 Members Share Posted May 3, 2005 Originally posted by GuitslingerTim The last batch of 500K CTS pots I bought measured anywhere from 300K to 480K. That's why I get 'em from Black Rose..they send you out sets that are well matched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zac102 Posted May 3, 2005 Members Share Posted May 3, 2005 what raising the value of the resitor does is it increases the break frequency of the tone control, attenuating less highs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members surfcat Posted May 3, 2005 Author Members Share Posted May 3, 2005 Thanks, I'll have to have a repair guy test them and see if it's 300 or 500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaolin_sword36 Posted May 3, 2005 Members Share Posted May 3, 2005 I've got 250k pots in my LP. I just crank the tone to 10. Makes little difference at full overdrive (volume 10) anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Father_William Posted May 4, 2005 Members Share Posted May 4, 2005 That's about the same as turning a 500k pot down to 5, and you can't tell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members k4df4l Posted May 4, 2005 Members Share Posted May 4, 2005 Originally posted by Shaolin_sword36 I've got 250k pots in my LP. I just crank the tone to 10. Makes little difference at full overdrive (volume 10) anyways. Actually if you are talking about the pot on the guitar turned to 10, it does make a difference by placing a different load in the circuit and allowing more or less treble to bleed to ground depending on the different value of the pot. The lower the pot value, the more treble that is bleed to ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonathanD Posted May 4, 2005 Members Share Posted May 4, 2005 just throw in 500's and enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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