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1bassleft
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Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: "Hit The North"
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S'funny, i would've thought 25k and 50k were way easier to get than 10k pots. I have some dunkmore semen active pups that supposedly require 100k, and I was wondering whether to go 50k or 250k as I've never seen 100k.
If there is one pot that won't like an "it'll do", it's the tone pot. The capacitor across it affects the frequency of the cut, and the value of the pot affects the range. It might be that 10k is so tight it just has no effect. It is also very difficult to balance up the requirements of the EMGs with the Screamin', which (I presume) would normally have a 500k. My first thought would be to compromise with a 250k, but the EMG site mentioned something about this IIRC. Anyone found a working link yet? |
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Ibanthrasher
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Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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Location: Easton PA
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| Aside from sounding a little more "fat" when compaired to the EMG 85 the S.D. Screamin Deamon sounds fine... I mean it doesn't have anywhere near the output of a 85 running 18volts, but for a passive pup I don't have any problem with it. I ordered 25k CTS mini pots (what the emg website calls for) today. As soon as they arrive and I install them I'll let you all know if the tone control works now... |
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Ibanthrasher
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Location: Easton PA
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Vrewooowwww! Welp I got the new Pots installed an all hooked up. Man what a difference GOOD pots with the correct resistance make. The Tone knob actually works now too. ALthough when I've got my amp on distortion you can't tell the differance at all. But set to clean and you can definitely hear the tone differences. Oh well... it's about and hour past my bedtime so...
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:35 am Post subject: |
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'Thrasher, sounds good. Except you feel the need to sleep. C'mon -where's the rock'n'roll 
Joking aside, the correct pots do help. Wrong values = no response. For others looking in, it is a bit tedious to check up, but well worth it. Suddenly, the unresponsive guitar can sing (at a cost of just a few bills). |
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Ibanthrasher
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Location: Easton PA
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| Well my bed time is actually about 2 hours after I SHOULD be in bed. I got my CTS mini pots of of guitarelectronics.com They were cheap as heck. It's the waiting that gets ya. I'm thinking about wiring up a seperate knob just for my seymor duncan screamin deamin, so its running 500Kohm and not 25kohm. I just cant find any good diagrams for that, and I don't like soldering, and then un soldering then resoldering... |
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1bassleft
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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'thrasher, that does sound like a good idea. Last time I looked, guitarelectronics encouraged people to post in a challenging wire-up. Give them a go (but I'll have a thunk over my lengthy hols).
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