Berserker Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 Building a VHR '52 Tele clone and would like opinions (suggestions) for pot and cap values. I have a SD mini-humbucker in the neck and a Fralin Stock Tele Replacement Style BRIDGE @ 6.6k in the bridge. I have CTS pots in both 500k and 250k varieties available and a supply of both .022 and .047 orange drop caps. I'm trying to duplicate (within reason, of course) the tone of the stock VHR '52, if possible. Any suggestions as to what combinations I should use to attain this? I'm wondering if the higher value pots will muddy the highs too much for a tele sound. Thanks for all your help. Gil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TelZilla Posted June 29, 2007 Report Share Posted June 29, 2007 The stock uses 375K pots, but I'm not sure where you'd find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted June 30, 2007 Report Share Posted June 30, 2007 I'm wondering if the higher value pots will muddy the highs too much for a tele sound. I believe the higher pot value will make it sound brighter. The reason is that with the pot all the way up, the pickup sees 500k between it and ground instead of 250k. Highs are weak, so they "leak" to ground with the 250k and won't as much with 500k or 1Meg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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