P90s should always be paired with 500k pots and treated just like humbuckers,brings out the best sound.

There was a difference between the two. I would keep the 500k.

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Yup agreed. Thanks!

@7:46 Both sound excellent. The 90 shirt was tight. A good hard edge just itching to break out. The gray shirt was massive. The dynamic range filled the stadium. You know, I never heard of anyone changing a pot for a gig. But you know, depending on what you were after that night. It might be worth considering, once in a while.

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Cool thanks for the comment. Won't be changing it again. Was just curious to see if pots made a huge difference. They make a difference, but not huge... Not on this guitar anyway,🤔

Yes, definitely could hear a difference. The 500k pot definitely sounded brighter and was more pronounced. And congrats on your rapid rise in subscribership. I, like you, just do guitars and gear for fun and its interesting to hear another person of the same doing what you did in this video. I always wondered about the difference in pots and you helped answer that question for me and others who are finding you online. Continued success!

@j-man9457

12 күн бұрын

@@bobbybo3458 thanks man! Much appreciated😊 Did you send in a video entry for the guitar giveaway coming up? 😁

It came up more with the 500k. If you want more treble/mids try a bleed circuit in there

Glad your Back!! Both are AWSOME!! And Yes, You are Awesome!! Can’t really hear a difference, but I’m old and probably don’t have the best hearing! Also your always playing songs I used to play 40 years ago 💥💥💥💪💪👍

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Hahaha great songs never die! Rock on!

Thanks for another great technical lesson on guitar build and operating systems. I love to learn about the process and details behind what makes a great guitar, no matter who the company is that originally manufactured it.

@j-man9457

7 күн бұрын

@@RetiredSubmariner.and.VanLifer thanks man! Always fun to experiment for sure!

I noticed a difference for sure. The 500k were more articulate and crisp. Definitely brighter. I listened with quality headphones as well, which makes a difference. The phone speaker doesn’t do it justice.

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Yeah no doubt more noticeable with quality headphones. Thanks!

@richardjones2811

Ай бұрын

Opposite.

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

@@richardjones2811 hmmm interesting... See I think there is no such relative thing as matching pots to pickups. At the end of the day the ear of the beholder will ultimately decide what sounds better. I'm sure there is a noticeable difference on a graph, but at the end of the day you don't play a guitar as per the graph on the computer screen, it's all about what sounds good to you...

@richardjones2811

Ай бұрын

@@j-man9457 I didn't say which sounded better, I said the smaller pots sounded thinner which was the opposite to what others have said.

@bluwng

Ай бұрын

Your mind was searching for confirmation or it cold be everyone’s ear is slightly different.

I definitely notice a touch more sparkle with the 500k pots here on this end, although it is fairly subtle, and as you say, it doesn’t really change the general tonal character. Interesting that the IYV ITF-300 with those same pickups and same pots also sounds noticeably brighter than the Axis… It’s been a while since I’ve heard you play the ITF-300, of course. The chambered thinline design of the ITF-300 also probably makes it slightly more airy sounding than the solid body Axis.

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Yeah I think you're right. Definitely more airy! Could just be inconsistencies in the pickups as well....🤔

@dangertreez

Ай бұрын

What I think? Unless you had 2 exact same guitars on stage with the exact same gear plugged in. There is no way on this green and blue Earth anyone would tell any difference. If you only had that guitar and any other instrument... nobody would know what pots you had in there. Totally subjective and realistically, if you put the 500k in a guitat with older strings and the 250k with brand new strings.. which would be brighter sounding? So honesty the comparison is kinda pointless.

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

@@dangertreez well everything was exactly the same: strings, amp settings, tuning, guitar, player, tunes, effects... Just the pots changed. And my T-shirt hahaha. But I agree, I gigged it last night with the 500k and I really didn't notice much of a difference, however I did add more bass frequencies to my drive pedals... I think outside of pickups and the player with all else being the same anything else you change on the guitar will make practically no difference!

@dangertreez

Ай бұрын

Thanks for doing the test... was interesting to see the results. I suspect, the difference might be bigger with various pickups?

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

@@dangertreez hey thanks... I suppose everything makes some sort of a difference but even after this test I don't know if the difference is big enough that people would actually notice🤔 It is a little brighter I guess...

From what I've seen, usually the Tone Pot is also changed so both the Volume and Tone Pot resistance match. There are several different combinations possible. In my experience, the Tone Pot and it's Capacitor make the most difference.

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Yeah I was wondering about that. I never use the tone pot. It's always full open....🤔

Not a real major change, but yeah, brighter in the room on its own for sure. On another note, that Yamaha amp I sent to Mike, thinking there's be a boken pc board or connections and in the end the power supply plug was loose. Egad!!

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Hahaha yeah I watched Mike's video. Cool amp for sure!

When I got my classic Vibe 60s 2015 model in 2019...The prev owner did a very nice extremely mild relic on th headstock. Little cig burn mark. They also put 500k Alpha full size pots and Mighty Mite single coils at least the covers read mighty mite but they are cloth wired ceramic like MIM pickups with cloth white and black wiring. Made me wonder but they are sure like powerful and In hindsight I should have them the whole loaded guard. I still have it. It's something else. Cortek pots I think. Anyway when I first got it I was still GAS like and heard I needed alnico to have good sound. Hell my MIM Gilmour has ceramics too. But these are so responsive. My then Gt1 loved them. I'm going to put the player Series loaded in my MIM fsr strat as that would make it one less fret than player series and 6 screw classic trem only diff. Until i get a golf anodized loaded fat 50s guard lol and add a nice Humbucher to that. Gold bridge. Maybe tuners I'll leave black hipshot and go black Humbucket. Or dark nickel plated lol. Ramble over. But yea man. 500k on ceramic dual bar magnet sss makes a huge difference in feel and power to me. Idk?? I'm a newbie

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Hmmm interesting. I'm new to this too... Always played Teles and always ran 250k pots. Never really questioned it until now haha!

I preferred the sound with 500k's Better low end and top end.

To my ear the 500k pot gave the tone more body. Very subtle but definitely noticeable.

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Right on! Thanks for your input!

nice testing brother! those are dream90s in both? i have a dream90(bridge) in my green GEARIT tele hahaha!!! sounds snappy and spanky too! hmmm i might need to compare the dream90 to the surf90 in my "strawberry" tele.....

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Yup the same pickup just different casing... Yeah do it!

Just for grins you should also try 1meg pots as well

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Jeepers! Only dogs and wolves will hear it if I do that hahaha!

I like the sound with the 500k pot - it just seems like better articulation and more clarity in the tone to me.

250 had a bit more sparkle 500 fuller tone

That guitar would sound even better with P rails . In my humble opinion!

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

No doubt... But it'll probably be retrofitted with Tele pups in the near future hahaha?😀

500k sounded great. Very snappy and punchy.

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Hmmm interesting. Thanks for the input!

P90's Are your Fav now!!!!

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

They are good, but you can't beat an overwound single coil tele pup!😁

Funny how people think the 500k pots sounded brighter.

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Seems to be the consensus for sure...

I thought the gray shirt pot sounded more like a tele.

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

That would be the 250k. Yeah I'm indifferent. I can always add treble on my amp if I want a brighter sound or use treble cut if I want darker tones... Not sure the pots make that much of a difference🤔🤔🤔

500k sounded a little "darker" but still bright

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Cool thanks! Funny how everyone hears something different🤔

@28mmRPG

Ай бұрын

@@j-man9457 I've got a little "natural-cut" in my ears due to being in front of cranked cabs in my 70s-90's rock/metal days so take it with a grain of salt, lol

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

@@28mmRPG what? Lol.... Protect this tools man... We only get q pair!😉

500k definitely sounds better maybe a little darker

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Hmmmm now I thought the 500K was brighter... Who knows!

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@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Try changing the tone pot to 500k and see if there's more of a difference ✌️✌️✌️

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

I’m going to disconnect the tone pot all together. I never use tone on the guitar anyway 😁

Havent seen the end but black tee-shirt is the 500k i think

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Yup 1st take was 250k and 2nd take was the 500k. Not a huge OMG difference, but definitely a difference 🙂

@robertkidd6270

Ай бұрын

Lol...I'm so clever

To be honest, I liked the 250k pots better

Is that guitar supposed to look like a football ?

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Well I've never seen a Red carbon fiber foot-ball but hey I've never shopped for one so maybe 🤔

@demuthjesse

Ай бұрын

@@j-man9457 hahaha, I missed the whole carbon fiber part. I just saw the brownish red and then the white going down the middle kinda looks like the laces. We are talking AMERICAN FOOTBALL here. I cant be the only one who sees it?

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

@@demuthjesse hahaha probably not... I got the idea for the racing stripe down the center from a guitar inspired after a ford Mustang... Thought the stripe was different and I like different hahaha!

@demuthjesse

Ай бұрын

@@j-man9457 now that I know the inspiration I understand it more. Awesome guitar either way. Even if it was supposed to look like a carbon fiber football !

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

@@demuthjesse NFL baby! Hahaha

300k for p90s 😁 I think the 500k sounded better with dirt, cleans sounded better with 250k

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Hmmm 300K eh? Nobody stocks those here. I'll look into it. Thanks!

@dancotterman1267

Ай бұрын

I know they are hard to find. Maybe not a big demand for them.

@zuperdee

Ай бұрын

I think Gibson has used 300k pots in some of their reissues with P90’s… Opinions seem to differ wildly out there on which is best.

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

@@zuperdee I’d say the ear of the beholder is best hahaha!