Pete B. wrote:hippieguy1954 wrote:It's because a 500k pot covers the range of a 250k pot but 250k cannot cover 500k!
If this is true then why do both the Neck single coil, and the Bridge humbucker, both connect to a 250K/500K ganged pot?
Yes, I know what your asking and I know that in Tiger, the 250K section of the 250K/500K ganged pot is for the neck/single coil and the 500K section is for the bridge humbucker. With that said, many of us put a super2 in the neck and therefore a ganged 500K would be fine for neck and bridge split/single or humbucker mode. Idealy the 250/500 ganged would be more definitive when using a single coil in the neck (not a humbucker), but the 500K ganged works just fine for the bridge and neck when using super2's in both positions.
Other wise it would be a nightmare trying to have 2 tone controles for every super2!
Check out Rosebud wireing here: http://www.wald-electronics.com/rosebud.html
Notice the note in the wireing diagram that says both the neck and bridge share a 500K pot.