Advice required ~ Pots /caps?

Doug

As above, looking for advice regarding specific volume and tone pots required for my @GSPBasses LP DC Special build. Having bought a pair of Gibson reissue '61 Humbuckers from that fine fella @ESchap on here and decided on one volume + one tone + 3 way switch, I know I need 500k pots but more detailed info appreciated from thems in the know, ~ audio/linear wtf!?, CTS/ALPHA etc, I've already got the CTS jack btw. Also what value cap do I need for these pickups?

Cheers

Doug.

ESchap

There was a couple of threads a few moths ago about the different pots available.  Bournes pots got good reviews and I've personally used them and found them very good.  To be honest though I prefer the CTS pots Bare Knuckle sell.  They have a really nice level of resistance and the audio taper is very good.  They are 550K.  As far as cap values are concerned you could use anything from 0.015uF up to 0.033uF with Humbuckers.  Really depends on the pickups, tone roll off you want and whether you wire it 50's or modern style as that has an influence on how the cap interacts in the circuit. Log or Audio taper is a matter of choice, classically you would use audio taper, particularly if you go for the 50's wiring.

Doug

Thanks for the info @ESchap

frankus

@ICBM is the man to ask - IIRC his first post on MusicRadar was about pots and contrary to recieved wisdom, he was bang on.

Audio taper for tone pots sounds good.
He also has a set of different cap values for neck and bridge pickups that worked for me.