Upgrading pots

OUTLANDAH · May 31, 2012, 10:53:37 AM

So I'm going to be replacing my pickups in my dot archtop pretty soon which still has the stock pots/capacitors. The guitar is currently in the shop so I was wanting to go ahead and do the pots. Question is which pots should I change (volume and tone?) and what kind of resistance should they have. As far as the capacitors go I'm very clueless. Any suggestions would be of great help.

Thanks.

dunwichamps · May 31, 2012, 10:56:12 AM

for guitars i like CTS, any caps will work really but I use M150s or OD716 often

OUTLANDAH · May 31, 2012, 11:26:35 AM

but what would be the resistance or whatever I need to replace with? 250k 300k?

VOLVO))) · May 31, 2012, 11:29:52 AM

500k.

dunwichamps · May 31, 2012, 11:37:55 AM

anything from 250k to 1M can work, u can adjust to taste but 500k is standard

Baltar · May 31, 2012, 11:56:11 AM

1K are what they drop in old 70's Tele Deluxes due to their wide-range buckers. I still need to replace my stock Eastwood pots but a simple treble bleed mod w/ Radio Shack caps and resistors will make a huge difference. Specially if you're vol roll-off guy.

Danny G · May 31, 2012, 02:59:10 PM

I think CTS even makes pot kits that come with treble bleed.

But that's mainly if you need/would use that. The kit is more expensive vs doing it DIY. But if a tech is already doing this for you, you have the $$ and/or don't really trust yrsrlf with a soldering iron then have the tech do it.

I'd suggest searching the CTS site and see if they have any specific recommendations for yr guitar.

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OUTLANDAH · May 31, 2012, 04:06:52 PM

So would I just have to change out the volume or is recommended change all that pots out to meet 500k?

Hemisaurus · May 31, 2012, 07:05:08 PM

Normally you'd change all the pots out, but I guess there's no real reason you have to. Tone pots are generally only in circuit when you turn them down.