electronics for a custom tele

[Rick]

is it possible to have one volume and still have both 250k and 500k pots underneath and based on the pickup selector use the right pot?

likewise with the tone knob?

I suppose so, but I never saw one.  Call Stew-Mac, they are very helpful, and if anyone would know, they would.  If not, call Torres Engineering.

Where do you live?  You need a guitar tech.  If you talk to a competent one, for just five minutes, you'll get a lot of your answer taken care of.  This asking questions piece meal has got to be driving you crazy.  You also need a good book on guitar wiring.  Check out amazon and see what suits you, cause the stuff your asking now is off the beaten path.

Let us help you find a tech.  Please.

 

[stubhead]

You can buy a 250K/500K concentric pot off of Ebay, here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Stacked-Concentric-Guitar-Audio-Pot-500K-250K-4585_W0QQitemZ190279382074QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item190279382074&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

Use one for the HB, one for the single coil, both to the switch, then to a master tone. GuitarFetish sells blank Tele plates, takes Paypal:
http://store.guitarfetish.com/guitarhardware.html
You can initially use a 500k pot and if you want to lower the value without having to remove the pot, bridge a 750K resistor across the outside lugs:
http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/potm.htm

BTW, most 500 pots test out to between 400 and 480, most 250 pots test below that, even down to 200 or so. I'm personally never going to buy another 250. There's no point in having a tone control that's only useful from 7-10... if you turn the tone down to "2" and it's useless, your pot's too small or your cap's too big.

I used a single 250 pot (tested at 251) for the volume control for the neck, and a concentric 500/500 for volume/tone for the bridge - tested to 480/440. Get a $30 multimeter (that's that yellow thing in the picture) & a bunch of caps and resistors, and the whole world opens up... :headbang:
I'm amazed by people who will spend $5000 on Warmoth wood but don't have any tools to make their guitars sound better. :icon_scratch:

 

[Rick]

Ooo!  That guitar is shiney!