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Post by echobase2002 on Jun 12, 2007 11:27:49 GMT -5
I want to check my math with the experts. If I have a guitar with all 500k pots and I want to change one to 250k. Can I install a 500k resistor parallel to the pot (from one pot end to the other) to change the value of the pot? I have a guitar with 500k pots that I want to try at 250k just for S&Gs, but I don't want to do a complete changeout since the current pots are push-pull with DPDT switches that I don't feel like rewiring.
It seems like it would work on paper, but I want to ask the experts since I'm not 100% confident. Thanks for the help.
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Post by UnklMickey on Jun 12, 2007 12:31:18 GMT -5
It will work ... sort of.
By putting at 500k resistor between the outer lugs of a 500k (forward wired) volume pot, it will load the pickup the same as a 250k pot. But the taper of the pot will not be the same as a 250k pot. In general, this will give you a decent idea of how a 250k pot would affect the circuit. Also, the impedance at the output, will be higher with this modification, as the volume is turned down, as compared with a 250k pot.
This is a reasonable thing to try, even if the results aren't precisely the same as installing a 250k pot.
btw, I looked through your previous posts. You've been here a few times, for quite a while, but never got a proper welcome. so...
(a belated) Welcome to GuitarNuts2.
cheers,
Unk
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Post by echobase2002 on Jun 12, 2007 12:37:40 GMT -5
thanks for the reply. I'm testing out a completely new wiring setup. I will post it soon, but I want to find out exactly what I want it to do first.
Thanks for the welcome. I've been MIA for awhile due to impending wedding and move to Chicago.
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Post by sumgai on Jun 12, 2007 15:25:56 GMT -5
eb2002,
I too welcome you to the NutzHouse!
In the tradition of waving one's arms while making a statement:
[hetfield mode]
Marriage, good...... The Hawk, bad!!
[/hetfield mode]
sumgai
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Post by echobase2002 on Jun 12, 2007 18:52:19 GMT -5
forgive my ignorance....The hawk?
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Post by ltb on Jun 13, 2007 18:46:28 GMT -5
"forgive my ignorance....The hawk?"
It must be "The Nutz House thing"
Who knows
;D
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Post by sumgai on Jun 15, 2007 13:00:23 GMT -5
forgive my ignorance....The hawk?
It must be "The Nutz House thing"
Who knows
;DThe Hawk is what blows through the canyon streets of Chicago - the meanest, badest, chillingest wind that blows anywhere on the planet! When the wind blows in Chi-town, The Hawk is out to get you! Jus' fair warning, tha's all. ;D sumgai |
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