Single coil sized humbuckers.

[Soloshchenko]

Would you use 500k or 250k pots with mini humbuckers like the Little 59 or JB junior?

As these are, in most ways "true" humbuckers I would probably lean towards the 500s but on the SD wiring diagrams for Tele I see hes using 250s?

I'm using 2 of these mini hums on my new tele, one lil 59 and a vintage rails at the neck. Which pots would be more suitable?

 

[jackthehack]

I'd use a 500K for volume; tone could be either 250 or 500K; .022 cap for 250K tone; .047 for 500K

 

[Soloshchenko]

Thanks Jack.

I think I'll go for 2 500ks with the increased cap.

 

[jackthehack]

The 500K vol/250K tone pot with .022 cap is Gibson type config; other version will be more Fenderish...

 

[Soloshchenko]

Thanks, Its interesting going thru the fender wiring diagrams. Some humbucker equipped guitars seem to go for the 500ks and some for the 250k.

Like I'd of expected a hard rock guitarist like John5 to have 500ks but his sig is equipped with 2 250k volume pots: http://www.fender.com/support/diagrams/pdf_temp1/telecaster/0139000_306A/SD0139000_306APg3.pdf

While as lots of the stock fat strats and stuff go for the 500k setup you recommend.

Surely the J5 then would have less treble response then? 

 

[jackthehack]

Not familiar with that J5 Tele; but over the years Fender has been from time to time all over the map with Tele pot values; OEM on the '72 Deluxes with the fat HBs was 1meg pots...

A higher pot value will usually roll off MORE treble than one of lower resistance; inductance of the PUs, cap values, etc can be varibles in the equation...

 

[Soloshchenko]

http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0139000306

Heres a pic of the J5 I'm talking about. Still not a fan of that headstock!

 

[CD]

I didn't like the headstock at first but it really has grown on me. Maybe it's just a mental thing but the added mass would probably help sustain.