The Tele Deluxe has arrived!! PICS!!

[Loomer]

Fair enough. I'm just going by what I've read.

[GUITARmole]

Fair enough. I'm just going by what I've read.

Well, in all fairness...they DO sound warm (so you're sort of right) but they have a top end bite that you can't get from a Gibson style humbucker.  FWIW, the ONLY humbuckers I personally like are Gibson minibuckers and the Fender WR because the 'traditional' humbuckers sound too muddy.

I also think it makes a huge difference WHAT guitar you have them in.  Most of the 70's Fenders I pick up sound really muddy and warm to my ears regardless of the pickups due to that 3piece boat anchor heavy Ash and Alder they used!  -Just my highly biased but somewhat based on fact and personal experience opinion.

[samytv]

It looks amazing

[Loomer]

I think I'm going to install 1 Meg pots in mine.  It's a little muddy sounding for me.

Does anyone know where one can get 1meg pots with a solid shaft? Links? 

[RumorsOFsurF]

GPR.....Beware, though.  Some folks here have had probs with them.  I had them send me a phoney JM trem arm, and they wouldn't give me a refund.  On the other hand, I've had several flawless transactions, as well. 

[Loomer]

'scuse my ignorance and laziness for not researching my own dang'd self, but do you replace all 4 pots, or just the volume?

[RumorsOFsurF]

I'd replace all 4, but you could just replace the volumes I suppose.

[GUITARmole]

If you don't replace the tone pots you'll probably get treble roll off (which defeats the purpose of going to the 1meg).

You could replace the volume only and mod the tone pots to "no-load" though: http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/pots.htm

http://www.premierguitar.com/issue/webe ... arpots.asp

https://www.musicpartsguru.com/thumbnail.asp?cid=50

[Loomer]

What would be the difference between "no-load" and just using 1 meg pots for the tone? Any?

Thanks for the links! 

[JazzBlaster]

Trebble, different (lower) values of pots will cut trebble more not having them at all lets all the trebble through.

[aen]

What would be the difference between "no-load" and just using 1 meg pots for the tone? Any?

Thanks for the links! 

NO load pots click at the end of the rotation, bypassing the resistor entirely.  I guess.  I wouldn't get too terribly excited about it htough, i just put osme pots on the Multimeter, and it read 0 ohms at full rotation.

[Loomer]

NO load pots click at the end of the rotation, bypassing the resistor entirely.  I guess.  I wouldn't get too terribly excited about it htough, i just put osme pots on the Multimeter, and it read 0 ohms at full rotation.

That's about what I had read as well. I was just wondering if there were particular tonal differences. I figger'd I'd go with the 1meg's either way, just gathering all info. 

[theworkoffire]

What would be the difference between "no-load" and just using 1 meg pots for the tone? Any?

Thanks for the links!   :)

NO load pots click at the end of the rotation, bypassing the resistor entirely.  I guess.  I wouldn't get too terribly excited about it htough, i just put osme pots on the Multimeter, and it read 0 ohms at full rotation.

All pots read 0 at full rotation - but even with a 1meg tone pot you still have a (1meg) path to ground when the tone is right up. Like you say a no-load pot has no path to ground, so all of the signal passes straight through. You won't hear a great deal of difference from a 1meg pot but there will be some. My Klira has a Treble switch that bypasses the tone pot and it's my favourite setting - really raw.