SL2H-MAH - Disabled Tone Pot - BINGO!

[guitarzan_josh]

OK I'm sure almost everyone knows this but Im so stoked I have to tell someone and my wife really doesn't care.

So anyone on the fence about disabling the tone pot in their SL2H MAH should at least try it out. I have done it on other guitars with great result and finally decided to check it out on my new SL2H (which was sounding a bit muddy in my EVH 5150 III Combo). Welll.. I now have a fire breathing dragon. Should have done it the first day I got it. Do people really like those 250k pots in there? I don't find the JB to be THAT brittle. Why Jackson? At some point I may just convert the pot to a no load just to have some tweaking if I need it.

Have a good weekend! ..I'm going back to my "new" guitar!

[Chad]

Depends on the guitar. My SL1T is a fairly bright guitar and the 250K tone pot works great.

[Axewielder]

Interesting. Yeah I've had the opposite experience with pups being too bright/brittle with no tone pot. I'd go with the no-load pot just because I have OCD and really can't have Fisher Price toaster controls on my guitar. Or, a 500K might be a good option. I've got 500K's with both of my JB guits.

[ps43203]

I haven't used a tone pot in 20 years. lol Always sounded like mud to me. Most amps have a bass and presence, there is your tone pot(s).

[Electric]

I had the same experience with my SL2H. Wired it for 2 volumes and much prefer it that way.

[groverj3]

No tone pot in my SL2H. Moved the volume to where the tone was. Infinite improvement.

[javert]

I'm using 500k pots in most of my guitars. The 250k tone pots can make the sound rather dark and muddy.

[leftykingv2]

I have CTS 500K pots in everything I own that has passive electronics.

[groverj3]

No tone, 1M volume. I'm a crazy SOB like that.

[leftykingv2]

No tone, 1M volume. I'm a crazy SOB like that.

My Baretta's are like that.