Jimryan Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Morning all, My bass is being wired up today. I've supplied the guy with 2x 500k volume pots, DPDT mini switch (to switch between active/passive), a Seymour Duncan stacked 2-band pre and a 500k tone pot. He's just called saying these pots might not do and I'll have to buy new high quality ones. Apparently the 500s will do for passive, but for active I need 25k pots. What do you guys think? Cheers James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolganoFF Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 If you put your 500K pots between the pickups and the preamp, they will do just fine. You need 25K only if your volume control(s) is(are) situated after the preamp (between the preamp and the output jack). In your case (two volumes and passive tone control), you have to have these between the pickups and the preamp, therefore 500K is a good choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimryan Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 [quote name='DolganoFF' timestamp='1384095631' post='2272656'] If you put your 500K pots between the pickups and the preamp, they will do just fine. You need 25K only if your volume control(s) is(are) situated after the preamp (between the preamp and the output jack). In your case (two volumes and passive tone control), you have to have these between the pickups and the preamp, therefore 500K is a good choice. [/quote] Cheers buddy, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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