Telecaster pots

Find great deals on eBay for telecaster pots and telecaster wiring. For a standard Telecaster with two singlecoil pickups, connected to two 250k pots , install a 470pF cap and experiment from there. For other pot values, you unfortunately can´t use the cap only method because it would kill the mid frequencies. For this, you will need a treble bleeding network with caps and. How to Replace a Telecaster CTS Volume or Tone Pot I am not a pro-guitar tech but for those of you like me this might prove useful in regards to similar issues :-) This is a guide on how to.

Excellent quality pots with a 6mm collars (the length of the threaded part of the shaft) for use with guitars where the pot is fitted through a scratchplate or Tele. Are the Pots worth changing? Online shopping from a great selection at Musical Instruments Store. Some players take things further, with a Strat pickup in the neck position, too. Of course, that will involve even more routing with vintage-spec bodies, but if you’re routing for a middle pickup anyhow, that hardly matters.

Telecaster The JD pup sounds AWESOME, but the in very muddy in the neck. I was trying to figure out the issue, and I think it has to do with the 250k tone pot I used. Only left in stock - order soon. Eligible for FREE UK Delivery. That scratchy old pot may be destroying your tone!

The only option is replacement and these, full-size, potentiometers bring things back to life nice. Original pot on Telecaster is 2K , this cut high frequency. We carry American, Classic and Custom Shop Telecasters for players of any level.

Fender Control Concentric Vintage Pot - CTS. Browse all Telecaster parts available online from Allparts - the leading distributor of guitar parts, bass guitar parts, and amp parts. I mentioned in combination with a Telecaster ´s lead pickup produces a very trebely and harsh sounding tone and I recommend to change them with the standard 250k pots to smoothen out things a bit.

Also commonly used as the volume control in some import Stratocasters with humbuckers. Body of pot measures just 16. Includes a hex nut and washer. Gibson at page bottom) Do I need a long shaft or short shaft pot ? This is a common question we get in regards to Les Paul guitars as. These small tallboy plastic bakelit knobs were implemented on the Strat with solid.

I opened it up and it had 500K pots. I was thinking about replacing the pots on my strat and installing a 3-way switch on it. I did have to drill out the pickguard to get the pots to fit through as the threaded shafts for mounting were slightly larger than the cheap ones I had before. We provide exceptional parts to.

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These pots can choke off the high-en making the tone dull and stuffy rendering the pot tapers less than optimal. Modern wiring also tends to dampen the high-end. Use 250K Pots for Single-Coil-Equipped guitars. K Pots give your guitar a slightly darker tone. These pots will not limit highs from passing through, and are ideal for a darker sounding humbucker.

Click here for great photos of guitar pots and wiring diagrams. When it comes to changing or improving the tone of a guitar. Guitar potentiometers and capacitors.