cbnutt
Tele-Afflicted
Wondered about a lower , not hot wound P90 for a tele neck , has anyone had ok results using 250K pots ? Thanks 
Anyone done P90 for neck with 250 pots ?
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Peegoo
Doctor of Teleocity
Yes I have, in this beast. The P90 is a Gibson standard unit, 7.8K Ohms. It sounds just fine with 250K pots.
cbnutt
Tele-Afflicted
Looks great ! Would that work ok if the tele bridge is around 7K or so ?Yes I have, in this beast. The P90 is a Gibson standard unit, 7.8K Ohms. It sounds just fine with 250K pots.
bgmacaw
Poster Extraordinaire
Yes. This modified SX STL-50 has a GFS vintage wound P90 rehoused in a raw nickel-silver casing. The pots are 250k with the tone being a no-load CTS pot. The bridge is a GFS Repro 50's at 7.2k.
Peegoo
Doctor of Teleocity
Certainly.
How pickups respond also has a lot to do with the amp you play them through. There are many variables in the recipe for Tone Sauce.
BB
Poster Extraordinaire
Shoot, I still use 250K pots with a low wind Lollar Imperial neck bucker in the neck slot of my tele. Love the tones I get. As far as P90's, I have only used vintage style winds, ala Lollar, SD Custom Shop Antiquity and older Gibson's with 250K pots. Absolutely beautiful....for my ears and style anyway. As always, ymmv.
stephent2
Poster Extraordinaire
Yes, I use 280k RS superpots for the volume and 250k for tone w/ low wind p90s.
If you want to use a 250K volume pot on a P90 neck pickup, do. If you find that the tone is too dark, switch to a 500K volume pot. It's an issue of $10 and 5 minutes. Try both and see what you like better. What other people have done in their guitars doesn't predict how your guitar will sound. The wood of the guitar - mostly the neck but some contribution from the body - sets the basic tone - dark vs bright, sustainy or not, etc.
jfgesquire
Friend of Leo's
I did a 4 way switch and RWRP'd the P90, so it was a little too over driven in series for a 250k pot.
This has a 500k volume pot and the tone eventually got swapped for a no load.
This has a 500k volume pot and the tone eventually got swapped for a no load.
cbnutt
Tele-Afflicted
theprofessor
Poster Extraordinaire
As others have said, this can definitely work great. I did it on a recent build, with fantastic tonal results.
cbnutt
Tele-Afflicted
Whats a good low wind P90 , Lollar , or maybe Gibson , or ??
If after trying both 250K and 500K in the guitar you find that the bridge pickup wants a 250K but the neck pickup wants a 500K, use a 500K volume pot but put a 470K resistor to ground on the switch lug where the neck pickup attaches to the switch. That will make the neck pickup see a roughly 250K volume pot while the neck pickup sees 500K.
theprofessor
Poster Extraordinaire
Lollar 50’s wind neck is excellent. But, given the same construction, anything around 7k should work great. I think Gibsons are typically around 8k.
cbnutt
Tele-Afflicted
Thanks , not looked a lot yet , but the Lollar is the lowest ive seen .
theprofessor
Poster Extraordinaire
You can also find Tyson Tone P-90's moving toward that lower output. Their 53 Wraptail Low Wind 1950's neck is built with A3 mags and sounds absolutely wonderful for cleans. That said, the Lollar 50's wind is probably the easiest to obtain -- especially secondhand -- and the cheapest of the boutique pickups for the low-wind neck P90 thing.
I love my Lollars low winds! I had them in a Casino with a thin neck I hated, so I bought a new Casino specifically to give the pickups a decent home.
bgmacaw
Poster Extraordinaire
Just about any Alnico wound between 7k to 8k will do the trick. The rest is in the confirmation biasing.
Sax-son
Tele-Afflicted
I just finished a tele project with alnico 2 P-90's using 500k pots and it sounds incredible. Not dark or muddy whatsoever.
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