StrongFade
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I've just bought my first Lester, a 2000-model Special equipped with Seymour Duncan Antiquity P90s. The original Gibson pots are 500K with .047uf caps.
I'm planning to replace the pots, caps, switch, jack and wiring with a kit from Acme Guitar Works and I'm looking for recommendations on pot and cap values.
The most common advice seems to be 250K pots for single coils and 500K for buckers, but there seems to be plenty of people using 500K pots with P90s. As for cap values, Acme provide a choice of .015, .022, .033, and .047uf, with no real description of the differences.
Recognising that there is probably no definitive answer to this question, I'm interested in hearing some opinions on tonal variations with different combinations of pots and caps.
As for the sound I'm trying to achieve (if this is of any help), I would be happy anywhere between Hubert Sumlin, Freddie King, and Townshend on "Live at Leeds" (yes I know that amps, and more importantly talent play a large part in tone, but it's always good to have something to aim at ).
Any pointers greatly appreciated.
I'm planning to replace the pots, caps, switch, jack and wiring with a kit from Acme Guitar Works and I'm looking for recommendations on pot and cap values.
The most common advice seems to be 250K pots for single coils and 500K for buckers, but there seems to be plenty of people using 500K pots with P90s. As for cap values, Acme provide a choice of .015, .022, .033, and .047uf, with no real description of the differences.
Recognising that there is probably no definitive answer to this question, I'm interested in hearing some opinions on tonal variations with different combinations of pots and caps.
As for the sound I'm trying to achieve (if this is of any help), I would be happy anywhere between Hubert Sumlin, Freddie King, and Townshend on "Live at Leeds" (yes I know that amps, and more importantly talent play a large part in tone, but it's always good to have something to aim at ).
Any pointers greatly appreciated.