1 HB, 1 P90, 1 volume control - 250k or 500k?

axisus

1 HB, 1 P90, 1 volume control. 250k or 500k - What would be the best option?

Also, what cap for the tone? I realise that it's subjective but I need to start somewhere!

Pots are usually Log for volume and linear for tone?

Adam_MD

I always go for 500k pots with humbuckers and p90s. I can't be bothered mucking around with caps I also usually fit orange drop 0.022 I find they work fine for me.

Fuzzdog

Depends totally on which pickups they are, really - some P90's sound horrendously bright with 500k, and some humbuckers sound rather sweet with 250k but a bit harsh with 500k.

500k is probably the safe option though, as it's far easier to tame overly bright pickups than add bite which isn't there.

Definitely log for volume, but personally I prefer log for tone controls too.

ICBM

I would go with the standard 500K and .022uF unless proven otherwise.

Tone pots should *always* be Log unless you want them to work almost like a switch at the bottom end - some people like this for 'tone control wah' - or you're using a very low value like 100K for a jazz tone.

I generally prefer Log for volume as well, it cleans up an overdriven sound better - ie as a gain control - but if you want it as an actual volume control for a clean sound Linear can work better.