Setup help

[leftykingv2]

Awesome looking axe Stray!!!

[leftykingv2]

I don't mind the regular one Jackson used in my KV2's. I do believe it's a 500K CTS.

[straycat]

Jackson uses CTS pots on the USA's

[Jayster]

When I put a Demon in the Bridge of My prestige Ibanez it was too bright and then I lowered it and it fixed the problem. .

Depending on which prestige it may have come stock with the QM1/QM2 pup's, I freaking have a love affair with them. If it did have them, what didn't you like?

[Chad]

Maybe try/borrow another guitar before venturing into mods?

[Matt_B]

If you need to shave a little high end off your tone, short of using a lower value volume pot you can also use resistors in parallel with it to essentially tune your tone.

http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/potm.htm

I bought a bunch of resistors from Mouser.com which I intend to use to do just that.

[mikamee14]

Where would I put a resistor I have a few 1k and 470k

[mikamee14]

I have a 1m volume pot I'm guessing that May be the problem how much of a difference would a 500k pot actually make?

[leftykingv2]

Depending on which prestige it may have come stock with the QM1/QM2 pup's, I freaking have a love affair with them. If it did have them, what didn't you like?

It didn't come stock with the QM1/QM2. The guitar I am talking about is a RG-1550-ML it had horrible stock pick ups in it! V7-V8-S-1. They just sounded like shit to me plain and simple. There's really no way to describe it because as we all know a pick ups sounds
is suggestive to the person listening to it. Now it has a Demon in the bridge a 59 in the neck and a cool rail in the middle. I must say the guitar sounds way better than it did with the stock pick ups.

[leftykingv2]

Where would I put a resistor I have a few 1k and 470k

These are all questions Straycat can answer for you.

[toejam]

I have a 1m volume pot I'm guessing that May be the problem how much of a difference would a 500k pot actually make?

1 meg is brighter than a 500k. 500k would be warmer, and 250k would make things even warmer/darker.

[Newc]

I played an RG770 some years ago with the V7/S1/V8 pickups and thought it sounded good. This was through a Marshall Artist head (the small one - 3203 IIRC? - with the green tolex) and TubeWorks 4x12 in an isolation box. Didn't have any Duncans on hand to compare them to, of course, but even going straight in, I didn't mind the tone at all.

[mikamee14]

1 meg is brighter than a 500k. 500k would be warmer, and 250k would make things even warmer/darker.

I think that might be a big part of it, my brothers guitar sounds great through my amp and he has a maple body which is ironic.

[leftykingv2]

I played an RG770 some years ago with the V7/S1/V8 pickups and thought it sounded good. This was through a Marshall Artist head (the small one - 3203 IIRC? - with the green tolex) and TubeWorks 4x12 in an isolation box. Didn't have any Duncans on hand to compare them to, of course, but even going straight in, I didn't mind the tone at all.

Like I said all suggestive to the listener. I personally have never played a Dimarzio that I've ever liked either and I've tried plenty of them. I am a Duncan and EMG guy through and through.

[straycat]

Take the 1 meg out and try a 500k I'll bet you will hear a difference.
I see no reason for a 1 meg vol pot in any guitar YMMV.