I have modified one of my Strats to HH with 2 knobs.push pulls and a 3 way switch..
It has worked out well..It is a firmly 500 K affair Pot Wise..
I am thinking of a HSS Strat next..
This would be a 2 Pot Affair,not a 3 as the volume knob gets in my way..
I am thinking of putting a Dimarzio Mo Joe in the Bridge and Fender Texas Special single coils in the neck and middle..
I know the Pot can control the Brightness..I think..??
Not just the Taper..??
500 K pots may be too bright for Fender Texas Specials..
250 K too Dull for the Dimarzio Mo Joe..
There is also the option of 300 K pots of course..
I know there are loads of HSS Strats out there,but they seem like a Halfway House between Humbucker and Single/500K and 250K..
I have heard about some type of resistor Mod..
I really need the right Values for everything though..
Comments
If you want to keep it simple I would use a 250K volume pot - that sounds fine with a humbucker in an inherently brighter Fender-type guitar, whereas 500K sounds shrill with single coils - and 500K for the tone because you just turn it down slightly to get the same sound as 250K. .047uF cap because that sounds better with single coils - where you're most likely to use it, I assume - but if you mostly use it on the bridge pickup, then .022uF.
If you want to do it 'correctly', use 500Ks for both, with a 470K resistor to ground selected when the switch is in the first four positions to simulate a 250K pot, and if you want to go the whole hog then an additional 470K resistor and .022uF cap in series to simulate the lower tone control values as well.
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Fender pot: https://www.gluedtomusic.com/products/2572/fender-cts-dual-500k-250k-split-shaft-pot-potentiometer/
Example wiring, diagram 7 on this web page (separate tones shown here would simply be on a single dual gang pot, same number of connections):
http://www.guitar-mod.com/strat.html
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/89942/caspercaster#latest