P-90s and pot values

[stratovani]

I've asked this question on other forums but I want to get all the pickup and wiring experts' opinions. I've been thinking of swapping out the humbuckers from my Epi LP Junior and replacing them with a P-90 pup. My question is, what goes good with P-90s - 250k or 500k pots?

[Mini-Strat_Maine]

stratovani said:

I've asked this question on other forums but I want to get all the pickup and wiring experts' opinions.

Heh; stand by for an inexpert opinion.

I've been thinking of swapping out the humbuckers from my Epi LP Junior and replacing them with a P-90 pup. My question is, what goes good with P-90s - 250k or 500k pots?

The pair of "Soapbars" that I just spotted on eBay are listed as "DC Resistance: 6.5K OHMS." I'd say 250K pots for those, but I could be mistaken.
Seymour Duncan Phat Cats are listed on zZounds' site as "D.C. resistance: 7.98K Ohms (n) 8.49K Ohms (b)."
Allparts listed a PU_0418-### (last three vary according to nickel or black) at 5.4K, and a TSB-91 "Razor Vintage Style P-90®" at 10.2K ohms.

For some of those hotter ones, what about a 500K pot "knocked down" to 300K or so with a parallel resistor, as in this article? www.projectguitar.com/tut/potm.htm
I'm going to try that on a couple of my projects, as soon as I get all the resistor values I need for the experiments.

[Trey]

I've found that 500k pots sound best with P-90s, 250ks seem to take away some of their charater to me. 300k might be perfect, but I've never tried it...

[zionstrat]

500 are considered normal as this is what p90s first came with and humbs were develeoped as direct replacements