Members IPlayMetronome Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 Sam Ash had a 20% off sale and this was too ridiculous to pass up. Digging it so far but if any 72 Deluxe guys can chime in on swapping the 250K tone pot for a 500K to get a little more bite/twang out of the bridge pickup I'd appreciate it. Fretwork is excellent and after a while I may take some steel wool to the neck to take the gloss off. This thing begs you to play "Long Cool Woman in A Black Dress" hahaha. It's just so purdy:love: :fixed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BB123 Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 Cannot see pic. I hope it's that new FSR 72, they looks hawt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PunkKitty Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 Hot! I've been looking at those. They look awesome. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TeleFromHelly Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 shes a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BB123 Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 The best color of the 3, too. Awesome. Grats and HNGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ravelleman Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 Looks like a lot of guitar for $560 or so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ralph onion Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 That is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 HNGD a real looker, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slushpup96 Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 very cool, and I can see it holding its value over the years HNGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members matt rhoades Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 Looks great HNGD!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzztone Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 Sweet! I love Sparkley Fenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thecornman Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 Awesome tele! HNGD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cheezit66 Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 veeeeeery nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mnewb1 Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 Purty! HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kellanium Posted April 22, 2012 Members Share Posted April 22, 2012 That thing is dead sexy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members profgalen Posted April 23, 2012 Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 HNGD, That is a very cool sparkle finish and a great deal. I have the Sunburst finish of the same guitar. Not as nice looking but I imagine they sound the same. I love the sound of mine. I never saw any reason to try 500K pots. I get plenty of bite from my bridge pup. I sometimes even roll the tone back a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IPlayMetronome Posted April 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 Actually after spending a little more time tweaking my amp and pickup height I'm really liking the tone. Keeping it stock for now. This thing is just stunning in person! I need to get some wall hangers:love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deafinoneear Posted April 23, 2012 Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 Happy NGD. In regards to the pots, there's going to be no difference at all with the tone all the way up, only when you roll back. And by your request for adding a little more bite, I'm assuming that you're not rolling off the highs right now, nor do you intend to. As it is, with the tone all the way up, it's basically a straight line to the output. The difference between the 250 and 500 is when you start rolling off the highs, with the 500 providing more attenuation. So for your purposes, switching them out will do nothing. Enjoy your new sparkle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members profgalen Posted April 23, 2012 Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 Happy NGD. In regards to the pots, there's going to be no difference at all with the tone all the way up, only when you roll back. And by your request for adding a little more bite, I'm assuming that you're not rolling off the highs right now, nor do you intend to. As it is, with the tone all the way up, it's basically a straight line to the output. The difference between the 250 and 500 is when you start rolling off the highs, with the 500 providing more attenuation. So for your purposes, switching them out will do nothing. Enjoy your new sparkle! Not really. http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/Electronics/Pots/w101-tonecontrol.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deafinoneear Posted April 23, 2012 Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 Not really. http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/Electronics/Pots/w101-tonecontrol.html Not really. Try it yourself. It's easy to test with both of them hooked up to a bypass/switch. Yes, theoretically it'll make a difference. No, realistically, it doesn't make much of a difference if you always leave the tone control wide open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregs1020 Posted April 23, 2012 Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 i saw those recently in stores. very cool guitar, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ej Posted April 23, 2012 Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 I've got a Roadworn Tele deluxe reissue. Swapping the pots out helps some. But the pickups suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted April 23, 2012 Moderators Share Posted April 23, 2012 If you do go down the steel wool road, please remove the neck, keep it well away from the body and then proceed. That way you won't fill the pickups with steel particles:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted April 23, 2012 Members Share Posted April 23, 2012 nice! my local has these but I havent played one yet. I would try 500K pots, I cant believe they come with 250. Fender is weird, they put 1meg in some teles and jaguars and 250k in humbuckers... Ive got a tele with a p90 in the bridge and a fender OV in the neck and 500k pots work great for that. "The value influences the tone, because the pots add a little load to the complete circuit. In short, the higher the value of the pot is, the less treble roll-off they have. That's the reason why 250k pots are common for singlecoil pickups - singlecoils have a lot of treble bite and it's not necessary to give them more, otherwise the tone can become pikey and harsh. Humbuckers don't have that much treble, so 500k pots are used keep more of the treble in the signal. The 1Meg pots I mentioned in combination with a Telecaster's lead pickup produces a very trebly and harsh sounding tone" as for knocking the gloss down Id use 000 synthetic steel wool, and just put some painters tape over the pickups and you should be fine. im thinking of putting 500k in all my teles. its better to have tad too much brightnes you can just dial down the volume knob or tone, you cant add any with 250s. Or you could try 300K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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