250k Vs 500k Pots For Metal

I guess you might get a slightly mellower tone which sounds like it may be a good move.

250k vs 500k pots for metal. The higher the value the more treble you will hear. If you re shopping for a p90 though which has a tone that s in between these two main categories it can be tricky deciding which kind of pot is right to get the sound you re looking for. A pot also has a taper. If you swapped those out with 500k pots there will be more treble response and for some that may be desirable however if it s a standard strat wiring setup where the bridge pickup is not connected to a tone control then oh yes that.

I wouldn t say there s a huge difference in the sound you get but it is noticeable. The taper is. In other words the two connected 500k pots act like one 250k pot. In my experience with dual hb guitars with 500k pots you usually need to tame down some of the highs of the bridge pu anyway even with covers on and especially if you set your amp so that the neck pu sounds good and not too muddy and like to use your bridge pu more for your overdriven tones than for cleans.

A linear taper goes from zero to max in a linear fashion. Thread starter shaky town. 500k pots for p90 pickup. The resistance value determines how much of the signal is bled to ground.

The most common values for guitar pots are 250k and 500k but there are several others such as 100k 300k 1000k commonly known as 1meg and so on. If you like this and wanna buy me a coffee i mean i won t say no. Jan 20 2010 1 from what i have read the 25k pots are used for actives 250k pot is used to smooth out the highs though 500k pots have higher gain and tighter mids. Aside from practical considerations.

Anyone care to tell me im wrong im a bit of a newbe in this area. Start date feb 25 2011. Joined jan 18 2010 messages 6 309 reaction score 2 425. Pots 25k vs 250k vs 500k.

With the sss strat pickup configuration 250k pots are normally used. This type of pot will cause the volume to seem to change the most right when it is almost all the way up. So using a higher value capacitor will. With the right capacitor wired in you can essentially change a 500k pot into a 250k as far as tone is concerned.

A pot has a resistance value. An audio taper travels from zero to max in a logarithmic way similar to the way the human ear works. In other words a tone pot with a 500k ohm pot will give you the same sound rolled half way down as a 250k pot in the same circuit. The resistor will cut off an initial amount of highs but the final outcome when rolled down depends on the capacitor too.

I honnestly would rather try the stock 250k pots before if they are already there. The usual rule of thumb with pots is that you should use a 500k pot with humbuckers and a 250k pot with single coil pickups. Feb 25 2011 1 i m about to replace the pots on my epiphone 57 lp jr. One can always get.

Halfway through a 500k pot should have a resistance of around 250k. The unusual part of the tone pot is that it allows you to change the resistor part of the entire filter. If all other variables are equal a 500k 500k volume and tone pot set up on a les paul is essentially the same as a 250k volume setup in a fender. What do you think of trying 250k pots with the lollar 5 overwound p90 i just installed.

Values can also be affected by the total pot configuration. The amount of highs that can actually be rolled off depends on the capacitor and resistor.