Looking for pre-wired Les Paul pots and caps

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For another source….IIRC….Jalen does this and can likely customize it for you.
 
JackBootedThug said:
Anyone ever do away with the tone pot? I heard it works great with emg’s….wonder how it would do with passives?
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That's what Ed Van Halen did. One volume control. Nothing else. (The exception is the "Van Halen 2" era EVH Limited Edition Bumblebee black and yellow guitar. It had a tone control wired in but it was hidden it the control cavity. I didn't know that until EVH released the expensive version of that guitar. The reason he did that was that the space routed for the bridge pickup was too close to the bridge. Ed said "it's real brittle-bright. I have to do some heavy equalization to get my sound.") I don't know why he didn't have another body made to fix that problem by moving the pickup a little further from the bridge.

My Kramer Superstrat is wired for a single volume control. For me it works very well. You can try different potentiomer values (250K, 300K, 500K, 1 Meg) to tweak the high end. The higher the pot value, the more treble you'll hear. I use a 500K volume pot. It's got a Single/Single/Humbucker pickup layout: Suhr Aldrich bridge, DiMarzio HS-3's in neck and middle. I'm very happy with the sounds I'm able to get with that guitar.

Ask me the time, I'll build you a clock. I blame strong coffee. LOL
 
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gbsmusic said:
I'm not familiar with them are they worth keeping in the guitar? I figured I'd replace the pots when I replace the pickups but if the ones that are in it are fine I'll just keep them I've been spending enough money lately LOL
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Looks like the Jerry Cantrell comes with CTS pots. Long or short shaft is the million dollar question..

I'd absolutely say it's worth it. And the Pure Tone jack they include in the 920D kit is the best on the market, IMO. Better than Switchcraft. Better contact on the plug, nice tight fit, it's very noticeable. Huge improvement over stock, even if it had a Switchcraft.
 
JohnnyGtar said:
That's what Ed Van Halen did. One volume control. Nothing else. (The exception is the "Van Halen 2" era EVH Limited Edition Bumblebee black and yellow guitar. It had a tone control wired in but it was hidden it the control cavity. I didn't know that until EVH released the expensive version of that guitar. The reason he did that was that the space routed for the bridge pickup was too close to the bridge. Ed said "it's real brittle-bright. I have to do some heavy equalization to get my sound.") I don't know why he didn't have another body made to fix that problem by moving the pickup a little further from the bridge.

My Kramer Superstrat is wired for a single volume control. For me it works very well. You can try different potentiomer values (250K, 300K, 500K, 1 Meg) to tweak the high end. The higher the pot value, the more treble you'll hear. I use a 500K volume pot. It's got a Single/Single/Humbucker pickup layout: Suhr Aldrich bridge, DiMarzio HS-3's in neck and middle. I'm very happy with the sounds I'm able to get with that guitar.

Ask me the time, I'll build you a clock. I blame strong coffee. LOL
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The brittle bright quote was about guitars with Floyd’s on them. He didn’t use a Floyd to record with until the fifth album. He swapped bridges and necks back and forth on the Frankie for live vs studio playing
 
paulyc said:
The brittle bright quote was about guitars with Floyd’s on them. He didn’t use a Floyd to record with until the fifth album. He swapped bridges and necks back and forth on the Frankie for live vs studio playing
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I looked it up and you're right. I stand corrected. Thanks!
 
I think it is long shaft for all carved top guitars. But not sure.
 
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