250k Vs 500k Pots Bass

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250k vs 500k pots bass. With the sss strat pickup configuration 250k pots are normally used. Is there a huge difference in the sound you get depending on whether you use 250k or 500k pots. An audio taper travels from zero to max in a logarithmic way similar to the way the human ear works. The unusual part of the tone pot is that it allows you to change the resistor part of the entire filter.

And one tone as the combined resistance is 250k and the volume taper is more gradual so this gives more scope for blending the pickups. Audio taper volume pots loose treble much earlier than linear. Halfway through a 500k pot should have a resistance of around 250k. Don t know about all that i m currently using schaller p pups 500k cts pots and 022 caps and i d hardly call that set up.

I was sent 500k by mistake and dropped them into my sx p it sounded weak and thin. 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. 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. This type of pot will cause the volume to seem to change the most right when it is almost all the way up.

But there are no rules. 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. 500k originals vs 250 k pots. The amount of highs that can actually be rolled off depends on the capacitor and resistor.

With the right capacitor wired in you can essentially change a 500k pot into a 250k as far as tone is concerned. I m wired straight to the jack right now and actually find i can get all the tone control i want just by moving around the pickup. Values can also be affected by the total pot configuration. A linear taper goes from zero to max in a linear fashion.

As for caps 047 or 033. So using a higher value capacitor will. 500k linear pots are best for a jazz style bass with two vols. The resistor will cut off an initial amount of highs but the final outcome when rolled down depends on the capacitor too.

I wouldn t say there s a huge difference in the sound you get but it is noticeable.