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I do think it matters though - I don’t like a 250K tone with a 500K volume, I always want to turn the tone up more. The other way round is really good, it gives a hair more brightness without being as shrill as a no-load pot.
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How much of it is rolled off is governed by the resistance track taper of the pot.
All pots can introduce signal loss and/or loading effects on the pickup(s). The obvious exemplar of this is the Fender Esquire. The only difference between two of the positions on the selector switch is that the tone control is bypassed. The result is increased high frequency content and, hence, overall signal strength.
I know about a trick for HSS setups where a fixed resistor is wired in parallel so the single coils "see" a 250K volume pot.
I wonder if there's a wiring trick where the tone pot at 10 would act like it's 250K when the single coils are selected but 500K when the humbucker is selected?
A second option is to add both a 470K resistor, and a second 470K resistor in series with a 0.022uF cap, in parallel with it - that can be done using the same switch pole.
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I have heard of dual pots, is it possible to get one that would be two separate pots, one 250k and one 500k that are controlled by the same shaft?
I think the reason I want a single master tone knob is because with 2 separate ones I tend to forget I had turned one down then switch back to it and am surprised that it's dull.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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On the ‘blue’ switch there shouldn’t be any resistors, that’s the selector for the middle pickup.
On the ‘red’ switch you need a 470K resistor, and a second 470K in series with a .022uF cap, both connected between the 0 terminal and ground.
If this makes the 2nd position too dull - it might, without the humbucker being split - cut the connection between 2 and 3.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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Would that simulate both the tone pot and the volume pot being around 250K to positions 2-5?
(Actually .044uF/242K, but that’s within the tolerance of the actual components and makes no difference.)
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Say I preferred .022 cap for both the singles and the humbuckers - would it just be a case of having 2 470K resistors in parallel?
If so, wouldn't that be what my diagram provided anyway?
Techically it should do that anyway, and you would need to use the other pole of the switch to select the cap values, but the difference is so small it’s probably not worth worrying about, and it does increase the complexity.
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Thanks for the advice.
P.S. I'm loving this HSS Strat with a bare knuckle mule in the bridge; splits shockingly well!
Was also surprised at how well it balances volume-wise with the Fat 50s pickups. Was expecting a much quieter output on the split Mule but it's roughly the same level.