mannish Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 I apologize if this has been asked and I did not find it. I am building a a strat body guitar with two P90s. It will have only 1 vol and 1 tone control I see the vals for HBs and basic SCs but would the vals for P90s be different that sya basic strat SCs...? I am seeking nice warm blues tone that will get dirty but not dirty as most people apparently like. Any advice would be appreciated. I am leaning toward Kent Armstrong P90s but have not ruled out Lollar or Duncan advice appreciated very much thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Duncan recommends 500k pots and .047uF caps - YMMV, but those are pretty good starting points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannish Posted June 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 thanks. I went with the Kent Armstrongs - I am still researching on pots/caps. I see you are from Bama - cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Yeah, there's a couple of us 'Bama boys 'round hyar - I'm just NW of Monkeytown, and Bill Jehle is from Decatur, IIRC. BTW, unless my memory fails me, Gibson used .02uF caps for everything (including the P-90s) back in the day, but since some of the "500K' pots they installed in those classics have been measured below 300K, it stands to reason that their caps probably had about the same tolerances, so their published specs are fairly meaningless. If you're into tweaking, you might try a selection of caps between .1 and .01uF to see if you can find the sweet spot for your playing style. Caps are cheap, so you can try a bunch without breaking the budget. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 Yep. I'm in Decatur. Howdy. As for caps, I have a box of them and I just dig through them until I find one that sounds right. I like the little red ones. I have no clue what they measure at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted June 11, 2005 Report Share Posted June 11, 2005 I always measure all my componants because some of them are so off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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