bobbycheetah
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I'm working on replacing the stock pots and 5-way switch in my 96 (MIK) Hamer Slammer Series Daytona (3 single-coil pups).
Current pots are cor-tek D500K "back" tone, D500K "front" tone, and ??? volume pot. When I measure the Ohms on the tone pots, my multimeter shows as .421 & .441 M Ohms - which makes sense they are 500K. For the volume pot, it reads 5.55K Ohms. What I have researched so far is that "in general" pots are 250, 500 and occasionally 1M.
Current pots are cor-tek D500K "back" tone, D500K "front" tone, and ??? volume pot. When I measure the Ohms on the tone pots, my multimeter shows as .421 & .441 M Ohms - which makes sense they are 500K. For the volume pot, it reads 5.55K Ohms. What I have researched so far is that "in general" pots are 250, 500 and occasionally 1M.
- Why did Hamer use 500K's? (not really expecting an answer on this one)
- Should I replace with the same or 250K's? (thinking why not try it, if I don't like it, go back to 500K)
- What is really throwing me tho is the vol pot. 5.55K? I've not heard of this value being used.
- Should I try to find & replace with same pots from cor-tek - do they exists anymore? I haven't been able to find them. Or, go with CTS (which requires boring out the holes in the pick guard - really not wanting to do that)
- I've not been able to find a clear answer on the "D" designation on the pots. I've only been able to find info about "A" and "B", Linear vs Logarithmic. "Log" being described as how the ear truly hears. Should I look/ask for "Log" pots for tone/tone/vol?