500K pot in a Strat?

[DaDoc]

Can a 500K volume pot work in a Strat that uses 250K pots? Would it change anything for the better or worse tone-wise? Or could it cause some kind of damage to anything?

 

[Wildeman]

Icepick tone. They even put 1meg pots in 70s Teles.

 

[Rokinroller]

More clarity . Depending on the pups , its sometimes a very nice change in tone for the better . Its a mod I do to MIM ceramic pups Strats . The owners are very happy with the new clearer tone . May ad too much sharpness to some alnico pups . Will not cause any damage .

 

[junk notes]

Or could it cause some kind of damage to anything?

Hearing loss. See the hearing test in The Backstage sub forum.

What is the highers frequency you can hear?

It is common knowledge that electric guitar players lose hearing faster than most other people. Listen to the clip below, what's the highest frequency you can hear? It's about 7 200 Hz for me.

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better or worse tone-wise?

Icepick tone.

SSS Stratocaster, or singlecoil?

Can a 500K volume pot work in a Strat that uses 250K pots?

Sure, why not.

 

[mark123]

The difference is very subtle. A tiny bit less high end is lost to ground. It’s nearly imperceptible.

 

[paul-e-mann]

Can a 500K volume pot work in a Strat that uses 250K pots? Would it change anything for the better or worse tone-wise? Or could it cause some kind of damage to anything?

Typically use 250k pots for single coils and 500k pots for humbuckers, but thats not always the rule. What pickups do you have in your Strat?

 

[DaDoc]

Single coils.

 

[Wildeman]

Pretty sure my Squier SE Strats came with 500k pots and ceramic mag pickups, not a good sound to me, very brittle and HiFi. All that crap went in the trash for the good stuff, Alnico pickups, 250k CTS, PIO cap and switchcraft switch and jack...much better.
I will say this though, if I played those Strats stock with a bunch of distortion, they sounded pretty good, I'm talking Metal Zone through a Gorilla kinda distortion.

 

[DaDoc]

Yeah, what happened is I ordered some new pots, and one is a 500K. my screw-up.

I'm going to go with all 250K's.

 

[El Gringo]

Icepick tone. They even put 1meg pots in 70s Teles.

IMHO that is over kill . My trouble in getting workable tones out of my 3 Strats is that know matter what I do they are still to bright .