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Originally Posted by Vizcaster
I usually back the tone control back a little for the tele bridge pickup, but the humbucker in the neck I like to leave wide open and it's still a little dark - a noload tone should do the trick, no?
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I just bought some stuff from
http://www.stewmac.com and they seem to have a good selection of smaller pots.
As for your question there, about the 'darkness,' maybe you could use a different value capacitor in the tone circuit, or a higher value (in ohms) volume pot. This would shape your total tone, in either case, so you might want to look at experimenting.
I just installed a 250k No-loader, Fender or CTS pot, in the Tone pos (figured that it was the only way to do it since there was not a full resistance value on the 2 outside terminals, as the volume pot should have). I can tell a difference between the 'notched,' off, position, but when I turn the knob back the other way to engage the circuitry, there is a very annoying Scratch. These pots have a spring putting tension on the shaft of the pot, and any time I pull up on it (when I take it off the notch) there is this awful noise.
Is this normal?