Make sure to clean the exposed wire ends and terminals with alcohol before soldering. Clean the soldering iron tip with brass wool too. Clean components and tools will produce much lower impedance (resistance) connection -->> cleaner signals. I'm an electrical engineer and a class 3 soldering certified in my day job. Hope this helps.
Great post ! I just completely upgraded my Japanese TELECASTER ! first I dumped the low output pickup's (extremely bright) for a set of Seymour Duncan "hot tele's" with more midrange ! switched the mini pots for Fender vintage 250*K standard size, with a orange drop .047 capacitor, WOW completely different guitar now ! the pickup's have more dynamic range and the neck pickup has more output level ! yes I had to drill out everything as well ! it was well worth it !!!!!!
Quite a few soldering tips I never knew about before watching this. It's never too late to learn something new. Lots of "why didn't I think of this"? Great video.
How about a video on switching from passive to active electronics on a bass. Or maybe telling what exactly the difference is between active electronics and active pickups and the advantages ot disadvantages of each. That actually might be a few videos!
Voiding warranties is my business and business is good 🤘🏽. What If’n I gots humbuckers and wanna add coil splits? there’s so many opinions, add a new switch of some type, change a pot to a push push (preferred) or push pull (more common), how do ya add a phase reversal switch? And what’s the deal with logarithmic Vs linear and what’s for what!!! Asking for a friend !
Some cheaper (made in china etc.) guitars come with low quality pots which can cause muddiness or other problems with guitar tone. Thus new pots can make your guitar sound better/clearer. Also it is time to change if your pot is broken.
@@Miekk4 Pots of the same resistance have zero effect on tone. Resistance is resistance. However pots do have tolerances. Up to +/- 20% on CTS pots. So a pot that says 500k on the tin could be 600k, or 400k (at the extremes, but most are closer than that). So if you change between two "500k" spec pots you could actually be changing resistance. As pots load the pickups, that could brighten or darken your pickup. Pots are only really worth replacing if they are worn (eg permanently scratchy) or if you want to change resistance.
Please Mr kris , knobs of my Maybach lester 59 broken easily what knob will last longtime I m not even agrissive !!! Thanks for sharing with us your big experience s . We miss your second live on the river please
I had to swap a pot in my Harley Benton "Cabronita" and I noticed the wires were absoutly short so there was almost no way to maneuver. I had to mount the pot into the cavity before soldering so I could reach the pins with the wires. Thats not very servicefriendly. ;-( However it still worked because I know how to solder in thight spaces as I am a professional in that area. Thats the reason I do all the electronic stuff on guitars myself. The first pickup I swapped was in 1975 I think. I put a De Armond Humbucker into a Fender Tele Neckposition.
I have a squier strat can you give me tips on changing out the pots it came with 2 volume 1 tone I just want 2 volume I don't use the tone pot I use it on my amp 🎸🔊
Do you have a particular split coil 500k pot you'd recomend that use the smaller shaft width? I do not own a drill with the correct bore tip or 10mm drill bit to modify the guitar myself, otherwise I'd do so and get the CTS
Hi, du brauchst die verschiedenen Potis für verschiedenen Tonabnehmer. Passive Humbucker: 500k, passive Singel-Coil: 250k, active Pickups (egal ob Single-Coil oder Humbucker) 25k. Ich hoffe das hilft. Ciao //Kris
Hey man I need to remove my pot completely so how would I wire it to control my neck middle and bridge under the same tone knob on my fender Strat any suggestions
Hey, do you mean you have to remove the tone knob? What you're looking for is called master tone mod. Google "strat master tone wiring" and you'll find tons of good scematics. Basically you have to solder the volume and tone pots together directly. The wire runs between the left log of the volume and the right log of the tone. Middle log of tone goes to ground and that's it. Good luck! //Kris
As a novice who doesn't want to get shocked, it sure would be nice if there was hard standardization of wire colors. Before I watched this video I always though (g)reen was (g)round. If I had wired it that way then who knows...
That would be awesome indeed. Unfortunately brands are doing "their thing" for too long and I don't see a reason for them to change that. Good thing is, when you do a little research (or check the info sheet that comes with most pickups) you'll get the info you need. Cheers //Kris
Hi, one of my tone shaft broke up while I was switching the tone of my stratocaster. One of the two tiny metal piece fell of with the tone knob. Anyone know how can I fix that? I'm sure I need a professional for those things. :o
I'm sorry to hear that. You'll have to remove this pot and install a new one. That means you have to unsolder the original joints (the wires and the capacitor) and connect the new pot the same way as the old was. If that's too much hassle for you, I recommend visiting a tech. Good luck! //Kris
This guy has LOST his mind! Use tape on the body before drilling, and run the drill in reverse. This will lessen the possibility of blowout of the wood around the hole. A reamer is the way to go, for a job like this though. YOU control the tool, NOT an electric motor. Spend the $10-$20, for the tool. You’ll be glad you did, or possibly sorry you didn’t. Just one man’s opinion. Additionally, he’s NOT George Clooney... Enough with the head shaking already. 😏
Make sure to clean the exposed wire ends and terminals with alcohol before soldering. Clean the soldering iron tip with brass wool too. Clean components and tools will produce much lower impedance (resistance) connection -->> cleaner signals. I'm an electrical engineer and a class 3 soldering certified in my day job. Hope this helps.
Thomann should start offering Custom guitar body and necks and take over Warmoth clientele in Europe. Brilliant video Kris 👏 Thank you 😁
Warmoth is cool tho...
Warmoth is cool tho...
Great post ! I just completely upgraded my Japanese TELECASTER ! first I dumped the low output pickup's (extremely bright) for a set of Seymour Duncan "hot tele's" with more midrange ! switched the mini pots for Fender vintage 250*K standard size, with a orange drop .047 capacitor, WOW completely different guitar now ! the pickup's have more dynamic range and the neck pickup has more output level ! yes I had to drill out everything as well ! it was well worth it !!!!!!
Quite a few soldering tips I never knew about before watching this. It's never too late to learn something new. Lots of "why didn't I think of this"? Great video.
Good call on using a counter sink bit. Normally I just tape over the hole, cut the tape covering the hole then hope for the best while drilling 😂.
Great video!!! I would imagine many are shocked when switching out pots that the shafts are different on import guitars!
You can enlarge holes with a reamer
This video series is amazing! Great work!
How about a video on switching from passive to active electronics on a bass. Or maybe telling what exactly the difference is between active electronics and active pickups and the advantages ot disadvantages of each. That actually might be a few videos!
Awesome video! THANK YOU!
Voiding warranties is my business and business is good 🤘🏽.
What If’n I gots humbuckers and wanna add coil splits? there’s so many opinions, add a new switch of some type, change a pot to a push push (preferred) or push pull (more common), how do ya add a phase reversal switch? And what’s the deal with logarithmic Vs linear and what’s for what!!!
Asking for a friend !
Ok I’m my only friend, but I asked me to ask!
Yea I asked me too.
Poo Ninja thanks for clearing that up for you........
I would like to see you changing pots on a semi hollow guitar or bass like the HB 60...It seems almost impossible.
Can you talk about the advantages of upgrading pots, please?
Some cheaper (made in china etc.) guitars come with low quality pots which can cause muddiness or other problems with guitar tone. Thus new pots can make your guitar sound better/clearer. Also it is time to change if your pot is broken.
@@Miekk4 Pots of the same resistance have zero effect on tone. Resistance is resistance. However pots do have tolerances. Up to +/- 20% on CTS pots. So a pot that says 500k on the tin could be 600k, or 400k (at the extremes, but most are closer than that). So if you change between two "500k" spec pots you could actually be changing resistance. As pots load the pickups, that could brighten or darken your pickup. Pots are only really worth replacing if they are worn (eg permanently scratchy) or if you want to change resistance.
Very nice! Thanks for the tips.
Nice, always on point and easy to understand. Also YOu play pretty good man. not too many guitar techs are known to actually play guitar lol 🤣😄
Yo great tutorial!
Thank you so much, will definitely be subscribing.
Excellent! Thanks bud!!
Please Mr kris , knobs of my Maybach lester 59 broken easily what knob will last longtime I m not even agrissive !!! Thanks for sharing with us your big experience s . We miss your second live on the river please
Hi from Morocco
I had to swap a pot in my Harley Benton "Cabronita" and I noticed the wires were absoutly short so there was almost no way to maneuver. I had to mount the pot into the cavity before soldering so I could reach the pins with the wires.
Thats not very servicefriendly. ;-(
However it still worked because I know how to solder in thight spaces as I am a professional in that area.
Thats the reason I do all the electronic stuff on guitars myself.
The first pickup I swapped was in 1975 I think.
I put a De Armond Humbucker into a Fender Tele Neckposition.
On a SC 550 are the pots long shaft or “regular”?
Also applies if you want to add a switch..
Awesome, cool, im subscribing and thank yoy
You did good grasshopper 😜
In my opinion using a reamer is much secure especially for the beginner 😅
Can you show us how to remove the volume knob flush to the guitar surface? I cant put up with the obstruction to my picking hand anymore
I have a squier strat can you give me tips on changing out the pots it came with 2 volume 1 tone
I just want 2 volume I don't use the tone pot I use it on my amp 🎸🔊
Do you have a particular split coil 500k pot you'd recomend that use the smaller shaft width? I do not own a drill with the correct bore tip or 10mm drill bit to modify the guitar myself, otherwise I'd do so and get the CTS
What size of drills do you use I have bought the same pots allparts cts 500k
Are copper shaft pots, better than brass and aluminum?
Why don't you/they connect all ground wires together away from the pot, then have a single wire from the join to the back of the pot. So much tidier.
What pots should be used in a bass??....i heard 250K ...not 500 is this true??
Was macht es für einen Unterschied zwischen 250k Potis und 500k Potis? Was nehme ich am besten für einen Bass?
Hi, du brauchst die verschiedenen Potis für verschiedenen Tonabnehmer. Passive Humbucker: 500k, passive Singel-Coil: 250k, active Pickups (egal ob Single-Coil oder Humbucker) 25k. Ich hoffe das hilft. Ciao //Kris
Is there a diffrance betwin volume and tone pots? And if there is a diffrance what is it?
A tone pot is a volume pot plus a capacitor
Hey man I need to remove my pot completely so how would I wire it to control my neck middle and bridge under the same tone knob on my fender Strat any suggestions
Hey, do you mean you have to remove the tone knob? What you're looking for is called master tone mod. Google "strat master tone wiring" and you'll find tons of good scematics. Basically you have to solder the volume and tone pots together directly. The wire runs between the left log of the volume and the right log of the tone. Middle log of tone goes to ground and that's it. Good luck! //Kris
As a novice who doesn't want to get shocked, it sure would be nice if there was hard standardization of wire colors. Before I watched this video I always though (g)reen was (g)round. If I had wired it that way then who knows...
That would be awesome indeed. Unfortunately brands are doing "their thing" for too long and I don't see a reason for them to change that. Good thing is, when you do a little research (or check the info sheet that comes with most pickups) you'll get the info you need. Cheers //Kris
Hi, one of my tone shaft broke up while I was switching the tone of my stratocaster. One of the two tiny metal piece fell of with the tone knob. Anyone know how can I fix that? I'm sure I need a professional for those things. :o
I'm sorry to hear that. You'll have to remove this pot and install a new one. That means you have to unsolder the original joints (the wires and the capacitor) and connect the new pot the same way as the old was. If that's too much hassle for you, I recommend visiting a tech. Good luck! //Kris
I can only play guitar with pot
Buy a step bit
😯😯😯🙋♂️
learn to use a soldering iron, a screwdriver and pliers. Not rocket science.
It's gets messy quickly and it's stupid that we have to use solder and heat up the pots, it damages them, they should make all pots solder-less
This guy has LOST his mind!
Use tape on the body before drilling, and run the drill in reverse. This will lessen the possibility of blowout of the wood around the hole.
A reamer is the way to go, for a job like this though. YOU control the tool, NOT an electric motor. Spend the $10-$20, for the tool. You’ll be glad you did, or possibly sorry you didn’t.
Just one man’s opinion.
Additionally, he’s NOT George Clooney... Enough with the head shaking already. 😏
¡No seas grosero y quítate la gorra! Un poco de respeto, como te enseñaron tus padres, o quieres parecer "moderno", ¡por el amor de Dios!
No llevo sombrero. Además, centrémonos en las guitarras. Gracias.
//Kris