1 Or 2 Meg Pots For Alnico Classic Buckers

[Stiffy]

Which would would work better as a metalize option for classic humbuckers 1 or 2 meg volume pots with just 500k tone pots?

[Daniel Sorbera]

metalize option

Putting on 1 meg or 2 meg pots will -not- make your low PAF output humbuckers anywhere near "metal" or high output.

Basicly it will make it brighter will a small, if any, output boost.

[Stiffy]

metalize option

Putting on 1 meg or 2 meg pots will -not- make your low PAF output humbuckers anywhere near "metal" or high output.

Basicly it will make it brighter will a small, if any, output boost.

So Torres is lying about this article to hype thier product in order to make a buck?

http://torresengineering.stores.yahoo.net/how1and2megp.html

[Daniel Sorbera]

Try hooking up your vintage output humbucker directly to the output jack. Thats as close to zero resistence as you will get

What a surprize it makes almost no diffrence!

Everything that article says is true. But the raise in gain is only a very small ammount.

[crafty]

Actually, Godin, you're forgetting about Kirchoff's Law. The volume control circuit acts as a voltage divider network, which without going into all sorts of physics I learned in vo-tech but forgot somewhere in law school, adding a larger value pot will actually have the effect of increasing the output. Problem is it also screws with the resonant peak and the sound can become shrill and ice-picky. I wouldn't say Torres is exactly lying, but the difference between a 1-meg and 2-meg pot isn't going to be as dramatic as a 500k to 1M pot.

This is why Fender uses 1-meg pots on the Noiseless pickups.

[Stiffy]

Actually, Godin, you're forgetting about Kirchoff's Law. The volume control circuit acts as a voltage divider network, which without going into all sorts of physics I learned in vo-tech but forgot somewhere in law school, adding a larger value pot will actually have the effect of increasing the output. Problem is it also screws with the resonant peak and the sound can become shrill and ice-picky. I wouldn't say Torres is exactly lying, but the difference between a 1-meg and 2-meg pot isn't going to be as dramatic as a 500k to 1M pot.

This is why Fender uses 1-meg pots on the Noiseless pickups.

Yeah but isn't shrill and ice-pickey dimebag's screaming metal sound? So would that be 2 megs?

[crafty]

I'd stick with 500k or 1M on that pot.

[Stiffy]

I'd stick with 500k or 1M on that pot.

Ok thanx for the tip. I'll let you know if the 1 meg increases the metal.

[has-sound]

2 Meg pots are very harsh sounding unless you are using uber high output pups. 1 Meg really only sounds good with pups over 10 or 11k. They add more presence than anything else along with a slight increase in output. The extra presence gives the illusion of higher output...

-Stan

Edited June 24, 2006 by has-sound

[Stiffy]

2 Meg pots are very harsh sounding unless you are using uber high output pups. 1 Meg really only sounds good with pups over 10 or 11k. They add more presence than anything else along with a slight increase in output. The extra presence gives the illusion of higher output...

-Stan

So 2 meg volume pot would be good for dimarzio super distortion usa right?