The best pots for Lollar P-90's are?

rhomco · May 4th, 2006, 10:15 AM

What are the best pot and cap values for the Lollar P-90 pickups? They are single coils and the rule of thumb is 250K for singles and 500K for humbuckers but still I wonder. I dont have a clue for the caps. Anyone know before I load up these pickups?
Thanks,
Rob

larrya · May 4th, 2006, 02:03 PM

I think most people use 500K pots. That is my personal preference.

stevieboy · May 4th, 2006, 03:59 PM

I talked to Jason Lollar when I bought a set for my Tele Jr and he recommended 500K as a starting point. I believe Gibson tends to put 500K in P90 guitars as well. P90's are single coils but not as bright as tele or strat singles.

Note that Lollar's recommendation was as a starting point, with the idea being that you might want to raise or lower the value depending on your guitar and personal taste. The 500K's worked for me.

Wild Rice Chris · May 5th, 2006, 11:07 AM

I like 500K and .022 cap with Lollar's P-90s. You can always bring the pot value down a little with resistors.

If you wanted to split the difference, Allparts sells 300K pots. I have a pair to use in a dual P-90 guitar I'm working on.

Chris
http://www.ricecustomguitars.com

rhomco · May 5th, 2006, 04:43 PM

I will go with 500K and .022 caps

Old Doc Skinner · May 8th, 2006, 11:58 AM

That's my setup, and they sound great. I splurged on one of the Vitamin Q paper/oil caps that are marketed by AllParts.

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Wild Rice Chris Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rice Custom Dungeon Posts: 2,862 27 Photos	I like 500K and .022 cap with Lollar's P-90s. You can always bring the pot value down a little with resistors. If you wanted to split the difference, Allparts sells 300K pots. I have a pair to use in a dual P-90 guitar I'm working on. Chris http://www.ricecustomguitars.com __________________ "The children need to learn how to build their own environment and make their own music that is inspired by their roots."--Eugene Hütz "All music turns out to be ethnic music."--Steve Reich Enjoy, and please visit my homepage.

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rhomco Tele-Holic Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Crowley, Texas Posts: 748	Thanks guys I will go with 500K and .022 caps

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larrya TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chesterfield, VA Posts: 54	I think most people use 500K pots. That is my personal preference.