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Hi,
I'm about to replace the pick ups in my girlfriend's Tele. I got her a Lindy Fralin for the neck and a Custom Shop Broadcaster for the bridge and while I'm in there I though I'd replace the pots and the jack plug as well.
There are some crappy 500K pots in the guitar at the moment and as far as I remember most Teles have 250K pots.
How does the impedance value of the pots influence the sound of the guitar?
A guy at the local guitar shop told me there was no difference. 250K would be for single coils guitars, 500K and 1000K for Les Pauls.
Something tells me he's talking out of his ass.

Check with Lindy Fralin to see what kind of pots they recommend you use with the new pickups. You might be able to find the information on the website.

Lindy Fralin website FAQ wrote:What value pot should I use with my pickups?
In general Fender used 250K pots and Gibson 500K. We recommend these values unless you want a brighter or darker sound. Raising the value will brighten the sound while lowering it will darken it.

Thanks, at least I did use the forum's search function before I asked.
Best, Max

As a general rule, people tend to fit 250K pots for single coils, and 500K for humbuckers.

A 250K pot with a humbucker ca lead to high frequancy loss, which is sometimes why people fit tone pots with switches to bypass the whole pot at minimum or full rotation.

Roddy

pots are for wimps.
hard-wire straight to the switch, i say..

We're talking about a guitar for a lady.

max wrote:We're talking about a guitar for a lady.

lol. good answer.