Pots - mini humbucker tele deluxe

Ddigger

I once had a 70's Les Paul Deluxe and I remember the V & T controls were very usable.

I now have a Tele Deluxe body and a pair of new mini-humbuckers (not Gibson, UK builder) to be fitted.  I won't be splitting coils or anything, just 2 volume, 2 tone, 3 way toggle.

I am looking for pots with a usable range.  For me, pots are not something I want to save money on, so I don't want the cheapest option (unless that is also the best...).  For 97% of the playing they won't be on 10.

So can anyone recommend quality pots with a usable range of 5-10 or better?

Next question, 500k pots or something else?

Cheers,

Ddig

ICBM

CTS 500K Log - that's what the LP Deluxe would have had.

The quality of the standard CTS pots is rather poor these days though, it's better to get them from one of the specialist resellers who order the premium grade ones, even though they're a lot more expensive.

Bareknuckle do some with a custom log taper which is very good. (They specify them as 550K, but they're essentially the same thing - it's the taper that matters, not the exact resistance.)

Oil City Pickups ( @TheGuitarWeasel ) and @FelineGuitars ;also sell them I think.

FelineGuitars

We keep the Allparts 500k and the BKP 550k ones

The BKP ones definitely have a very useful taper down from 10 - 7 where you can easily and quickly go between lead and rhythm settings if your amp is responsive in that way. The 550k designation was done so that with a 10% tolerance then even at the lowest tolerance they still read 500k and don't rob top end response.

Ddigger

This is a great place.

Thanks folks.
  
Wasn't aware of these pots.

Ddig