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I ended up putting some Lollars in too, which were lovely.
Right - time to get the soldering iron out
I keep meaning to give 250k pots a try but tbh, if you have good quality pickups (I have Mojos, with a slightly altered winding on the bridge pickup for more warmth) it's not needed. Plus, the tone control will roll off the top if it's too bright, quite nicely, in my experience.
"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
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"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
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
- lead circuit with 250k volume and 500k tone plus treble bleed cap.
- rhythm circuit with two 1 meg pots
This meant I could still get the bright jazzmaster rhythm tone if I wanted it but the lead sounds were darker. Sort of opposite to a normal jazzmaster. However since having played it as my no. 1 for about 6 months, I've discovered a few things that I hadn't realised or considered (it really helps having the pots switchable to test this stuff!)
1. The tone pot rolled off is the same as a lower value - no tone difference assuming the same cap is used.
2. Lower volume pots indeed darken things but they also make it less dynamic and reduce output. Think of it as two valve amps - one with loads of headroom and one that's being driven pretty hard and limiting your harder playing, that's te best analogy I can think of. Basically the two 1 meg pots, vol 10 and tone 6 is the same brightness as the 250k/500k with vol 10 and tone 10, with a tad more output and a clearer/thicker sound with more 'air' around the top notes. Whatever air is.
Essentially I use the rhythm circuit, vol 10 and tone 6 for clean and the rhythm circuit for OD sounds as the dynamism is mostly lost and I like being about to control the volume from the guitar. Just a thought/my findings. You may hear something different!!