Potentiometer ?

[dcburn]

Finally found the time to install the Fralin Steel Pole 43 into my tele.
Fralin recommends 500k volume and tone pots rather than the usual stock 250k’s.

Is it weird that I am finding that he 500k retains too much of the high end?
I feel like I have to turn the pot further to lessen the highs?

I did however wish my 250k tone pot retained a little more of the highs.

Would a 300k be a good value to try?
Has anyone kept the 500k and installed a resistor to lower the value, I have read about that but didn’t find a good instruction?

In doing this, I found that the “Fralin” I was told was in the bridge position was actually a Lollar ‘52, pretty good sounding pup actually.

 

[vultures]

Grab som 510k resistors. Solder one end of the resistor to the switch where the pickup lead is. Solder the other end to ground, preferably the back of the volume pot. This will get you 252k+/- on one position. You can only have the resistor on one switch position. You can also grab some 750k resistors, wire it up the same way and that would give you 300k+/- in that one position.

I use Humbucker Single pickup config and I regularly run a 510k resistor to the single coil so I have a 250k pot with the single coil neck position and then 500k in the bridge.

This wiring diagram explains it

 

[dcburn]

Ok. I was thinking the resistor would go to the tone pot?
Tone pot is what I have an issue with, too much travel.

 

[vultures]

Ok. I was thinking the resistor would go to the tone pot?
Tone pot is what I have an issue with, too much travel.

It can go to whatever pot is closest/easiest, just as long as it's going to ground. I heat shrink the resistor so it won't short out anywhere else.