Tim Z
Active member
First, I want to really thank you guys for all the help and advice while I am fine tuning my new Tokai Love Rock. I have been looking at all the options for replacement pots and caps, and in the end feel that it is not worth another $100+ to replace the pots and knobs in a guitar that I may play 5 to 10% of the time in my band. It was mentioned to me that the Alpha Pots are decent and will not require me to ream out the maple top to fit CTS pots. So will these 500k pots at Stew Mac FIT in my 81 Tokai Love Rock?
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Potentiometers/Standard_Control_Pots.html
I emailed them and they told me they are Alpha pots with a 6mm diameter split shaft. I am hoping that I can just pop these in, with no mods required, and use the same original knobs, but they were unable to cross reference them for my guitar.
Next question . . . does it really make much of a difference which caps you use? I may only put a cap in for the bridge pickup, as I will never use the tone control for the neck pickup, and I believe it will be brighter and sound best with no tone control hooked up to the neck pup. So for the back pup, will these 0.020 caps be sufficient:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Components:_Caps_%28capacitors%29.html
or is there truly a big difference in paying $20 for a cap?
Much appreciated
Tim
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Potentiometers/Standard_Control_Pots.html
I emailed them and they told me they are Alpha pots with a 6mm diameter split shaft. I am hoping that I can just pop these in, with no mods required, and use the same original knobs, but they were unable to cross reference them for my guitar.
Next question . . . does it really make much of a difference which caps you use? I may only put a cap in for the bridge pickup, as I will never use the tone control for the neck pickup, and I believe it will be brighter and sound best with no tone control hooked up to the neck pup. So for the back pup, will these 0.020 caps be sufficient:
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Components:_Caps_%28capacitors%29.html
or is there truly a big difference in paying $20 for a cap?
Much appreciated
Tim