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The Musician Forums => Guitar Central => Topic started by: Freak on May 10, 2011, 05:50:44 PM
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Hi guys, i'm confused on what pots to use as vol and tone including the caps value on a SSH guitar (2 SC, 1 HB, 1 Vol and 1 Tone)
Needing your help please. Thanks in advance!
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I understand that:
Single coils = 250k pots and 0.22mf caps
Humbuckers = 500k and 0.47mf caps
but what if its on SSH config having one vol and one tone only??? :?
Need help so bad!
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I understand that:
Single coils = 250k pots and 0.22mf caps
Humbuckers = 500k and 0.47mf caps
but what if its on SSH config having one vol and one tone only??? :?
Need help so bad!
Not sure about caps, best to send sir Mike a text.
But with my Strat I'm using 500k for volume, 250k for 2 tone knobs. Single coil but humbucking.
You could use either 250k or 500k for HSS but I think either will compliment one more than the other type of pickup.
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thank you sir rolexm for the insights!
This thing really confuses me so bad. Needing more explanations and advice.
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0.022uF >> brighter
0.047uF >> rounder
500k pot >> brighter
250k pot >> rounder
high output >> rounder tone
lower output >> brighter tone
vintage wound single coils are lower output; therefore brighter >> needs a 250k pot + 0.047uF cap to tame the brightness.
humbuckers are higher output; therefore rounder >> needs a 500k pot + 0.022uF to offset the roundness.
Overwound single coils would behave like humbuckers (but with hum of course, unless noiseless), so I'd treat them the same way: 500k pot + 0.022uF cap.
Fender SSH strats I think use 250k + 0.047uF, because anything else would make the SC's too bright.
AFAIK many asian SSH guitars (Squier, Ibanez, Ibanez GIO) use 500k + 0.022uF. Stock pickups are usually a bit on the overwound side.
What guitar is it and what pickups are you using?
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Wow thanks Sir spankyrigor, it is all getting clear unto me. Great share!
It is a MIJ ESP superstrat... planning to put DP-100 on bridge and two vintage sounding single coils on neck and middle.
What can you recommend Sir?
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I understand that:
Single coils = 250k pots and 0.22mf caps
Humbuckers = 500k and 0.47mf caps
but what if its on SSH config having one vol and one tone only??? :?
Need help so bad!
more than often SSH would be 500K with .022uf caps
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^^^
I agree. I have a guitar with Micsis at the moment, SSH config 1vol + 1tone. I'm doing the same thing.
As an option I've heard that you can wire a resistor(? not sure) in parallel with the SC's to further darken the sound a bit if you go the 500k/0.022uF route.
Or you can totally bypass the tone pot for the bridge position; bale for the SC's nalang yung tone pot.
That way you can maybe choose 250k/0.047uF for the neck/mid pickup without darkening the bridge HB too much.
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0.022uF >> brighter
0.047uF >> rounder
500k pot >> brighter
250k pot >> rounder
high output >> rounder tone
lower output >> brighter tone
vintage wound single coils are lower output; therefore brighter >> needs a 250k pot + 0.047uF cap to tame the brightness.
humbuckers are higher output; therefore rounder >> needs a 500k pot + 0.022uF to offset the roundness.
Overwound single coils would behave like humbuckers (but with hum of course, unless noiseless), so I'd treat them the same way: 500k pot + 0.022uF cap.
best summary i've seen so far. thanks for sharing! :-D
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best summary i've seen so far. thanks for sharing! :-D
I agree :-D
Or you can totally bypass the tone pot for the bridge position; bale for the SC's nalang yung tone pot.
That way you can maybe choose 250k/0.047uF for the neck/mid pickup without darkening the bridge HB too much.
This solved my confusion. Thanks Sir Spanky!
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resurrecting this thread since it's related to what i want to know. :-D
for a tele with a humbucker neck pickup (alnico II) and tele bridge pickup (alnico V slightly hotter wound), what cap and pot values will you recommend? this is for the standard tele 3-way switch with 1 vol and 1 tone control. :-)
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I asked the same question sa Stratocaster Thread hehe walang sumagot. Thanks TS for bringing the question here.