mj_gant Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Installing a set (3) of hotrails. Should I keep the original 250k pots or replace them with 500k since these are essentially humbuckers. Did a search, sorry if this has been covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 I use 500s but there are people who retain the 250s for one reason or another. Lovecraft will get on it in a minute I bet and he can tell you the differences to expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 I think it has something to do with treble bleed. I'm gonna stop right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJPUC Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 switch it up, put a 500 on the bridge and 250s on the mid and neck, or vice versa? just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbenjy Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 well buy one 500k, that will at least give you a nice boost for the bridge, and then i'd try both a 500 and a 250 on the bridge, mid and neck to see what you get? although as i guess you're installnig into a strat, you mgiht not have enough room for another voluem if you wanna keep the tone pots too...in which case you coudl remove one tone and have all threee on one, or try and find a 250k dual concentric pot for the tone knobs (not sure if these exist :s) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj_gant Posted March 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 well buy one 500k, that will at least give you a nice boost for the bridge, and then i'd try both a 500 and a 250 on the bridge, mid and neck to see what you get? although as i guess you're installnig into a strat, you mgiht not have enough room for another voluem if you wanna keep the tone pots too...in which case you coudl remove one tone and have all threee on one, or try and find a 250k dual concentric pot for the tone knobs (not sure if these exist :s) ← It is a strat. I am keeping the VTT config. I guess I'll just stay with the 250k pots. Duncan doesn't mention otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbenjy Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 ok then...i'm usng 500k for my motherbucker, which is 2 KA hotrails in one casing but thats got a dc resistance of about 30k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Duncan appears to prefer 250k for both - try it, and if it's not bright enough, switch to 500k for the volume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj_gant Posted March 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Duncan appears to prefer 250k for both - try it, and if it's not bright enough, switch to 500k for the volume. ← Will do. Thanks once again LoveK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted March 26, 2005 Report Share Posted March 26, 2005 Yeap, I had 250 on mine all aroung and it was just fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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