Got a bass with two Ps that needs rewiring. Can I just use a Jazz Bass schematic or is there something else that needs to be considered because they're P pickups?
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Any difference between two Ps and two Js?
- Thread starter fretlessman71
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Nice, thanks. Now, considering I have two holes on my pickguard and limited space, should I do a stacked knob for vol/vol? Is there such a beast and where do I find it? An hour's worth of searching hasn't helped...
You should be able to find pots anywhere. BestBassGear has 250k/250k. Other places should have 250k/500k an 500k/500k.
Here is a 500k/500k on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/CTS-500k-500k-STACKED-CONCENTRIC-Potentiometer-Solid-Shaft-Jazz-Bass-Pot-/230925771896?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item35c43fa478
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Personal preference. Lower values place a greater load on the pickup coils, and reduce high frequency content.
No. It doesn't work that way.
Higher values give you a sense of the "true" pickup sound, without reducing anything.
Finding a bunch of 100K pots in my bin - no idea where they came from. What would THESE be used for...?
100k is too low for use with any passive P pickups. They would work with some lower impedance active pickups, however.
ha!
nah, like line6man said, the "reverse" is true in that the 500ks do not reduce highs, that's all.
(this is good for louder, fatter pickups, but might be too bright for cleaner, brighter pickups.)
if you like an aggressive, grindy P tone like me then yeah, 500ks all around. (use linear volumes and audio tones for the best taper.)
if it's too edgy, just roll the tone knob off a pinch to get back into vintage territory.
if it's too edgy, just roll the tone knob off a pinch to get back into vintage territory.
The traditional value is 250k on Fenders. That being said, you have two pots in parallel, so 500k and 500k makes 250k, 500k and 250k makes 166.67k, and 250k and 250k makes 125k.
I personally think the difference in sounds between a p and a j are more about pickup placement than the actual pickup design. If you have a j pickup in more of a middle position where most p pickups are they sound pretty close to the same.
Not true at all. There is a very big difference between the design of a P and a J pickup. J pickups have a narrow aperture and a tall coil, while P pickups are shorter, with a wider aperture. The only time the pickups don't matter is when you place them in the extreme neck position.
