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Topic: Best Volume Pedal Pot For Lap Steel |
Carl McLaughlin
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St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 22 Jan 2021 8:02 am |
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Can someone tell me what size of pot 250 ohm or 500 ohm is best for a lap steel? Going from guitar to echo pedal to amp.
Carl 
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I have a Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic. Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider, and an Allan tailpiece .Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD, using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal, set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it. Recently got a Sho-NUFF 6 string pedal steel in open G.Still learning. |
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Jesse Valdez
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Fiddletown, California, USA
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Posted 22 Jan 2021 12:15 pm
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Depends on guitar, pickup, taste, the pots have a different taper as well which affects the sound. The lower the value the less highs pass through is the easiest way to explain the sound.
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Carl McLaughlin
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St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 22 Jan 2021 12:24 pm pots
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Thanks for you imput Jesse.
Keep steeling 
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I have a Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic. Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider, and an Allan tailpiece .Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD, using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal, set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it. Recently got a Sho-NUFF 6 string pedal steel in open G.Still learning. |
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Lee D Kaiser
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California, USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2021 2:59 pm
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On the 250K vs 500K question, I tend to go with 500K, figuring I can always turn the tone pot down.
Since a volume pedal pot will get a lot of use relative to the volume pot on the guitar, when I replaced a pot in a pedal a few years ago, I used a pot with a high ‘Rotational Life.’ As I recall, I used a Bourne 82A1D-Z28-BA0/254L. It works well. You can also find standard pots with high rotational life values, like a Bourne PDB232-E420K-504A2.
While you’re at it, put in a treble bleed circuit (Google it. Easy to do.) I use a 120K resistor and a 1 nF capacitor in series. This keeps the high frequencies in your tone as you turn down the volume.
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If I'd stop buying old guitars to fix, I might actually learn to play.
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Carl McLaughlin
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St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 26 Jan 2021 4:54 am Pots
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Thanks for your advice,and taking the time to answer.
Cheers
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I have a Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic. Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider, and an Allan tailpiece .Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD, using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal, set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it. Recently got a Sho-NUFF 6 string pedal steel in open G.Still learning. |
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