The rule I follow with 250k & 500k pots for HSS and HSH
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I appreciate you dropping these nuggets of goodness from your podcasts. Thx!
For Strats I like to wire the middle pickup to the first tone pot with the neck pickup and then wire the bridge pickup to the second tone pot and for HSS replace that second tone pot with a 500.
I don’t have nearly the experience of Phil, but I generally go with 500k pots if I have ANY humbuckers in the guitar. I can always dail the tone knob back for the single coils if I need to but there’s not much can be done if I’m starting too dark with a humbucker.
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I use a stacked pot 250/500k I wire the pickups to the pot first, then wire the rest( switch, pots, output)
I find 500k with a single makes it too bright. if you can’t find that, find a stacked 500K and wire a resistor across one of them for the singles that’s just my way. Your mileage may vary.
I've noticed an interesting phenomena, and I think it has to w loading. A pickup sounds better when there is a dc ohms equivalent between it and hot. You can hear this if you have a good pot . I use linear pots , but fake exponential, ie normal , will work too. Turn it down ever so slightly, just a hair or 2, and the unnatural treble emphasis of full on fades away and you get a more balanced tones profile and a bigger more 3 D sound stage. If you're using your V alot on stage, just put a resistor equal to the P up's DC ohms between the P up hot lead and the pot wiper, or before the switch if there is one. I use one V and no tone or 1 tone , so YMMV w a trad Strat set up.
Since you are talking about the Seymour Duncan JB. I have one that I would like to try on my Ibanez equipped with a Floyd Rose. But it’s an SH-4… is the lack of alignment of the poles with the strings going to be a problem? Am I better off forgetting this and going out and buying a TB-4? THANKS
It doesn’t matter. Its the smallest smallest difference you’d never notice, especially with such a high output pickup
To add - Duncan trembuckers don’t just change the pole spacing - the entire pickup is wider. This is unique to SD - eg dimarzio F spaced the poles are different but the physical pup is the same. So, if your Ibanez has direct mount pups, DO NOT buy a trembucker as it may not fit the guitar (cavity likely too narrow). If guitar has pickup rings trembucker will fit, but, as per my first comment, sonically it isn’t necessary, standard pup is fine
@@stug5041 THANKS! My guitar has a pickup ring at the bridge (HSS). I'm going to try my JB in it this week.
@@martincloutier666 happy to help. And enjoy! It’s a phenomenal pickup for basically any style of music.
JB does fine w 250k and no or 1meg tone pot - almost as if its designed for that - very bright with 500k