I did something that made me love my Y2d even more...

[jptortor]

I put in 500k pots. It seems to have opened the sound up a bit more. There are more highs and lows. It seems to cut a little better and have slightly more output. It sounds a little less dark/compressed. I really am enjoying the change so far!

 

[Gio_Force_One]

I bought 500k pots and was going to put them in but never got around to it.
glad someone finally did and thats the one thing i didnt like about my Y2D was the dark compressed sound.

 

[beej]

Thing with that is, the single gets really trebly. One easy way to tell if it's for you (w/o having to physically swap in new pots) is to unsolder the wire connecting the volume pot to the tone control (taking the tone pot out of the circuit). Same effect, but easier to wire up.

 

[jptortor]

The single is definitely brighter... But I am liking it. It's not overly ice picky to my ear.

 

[dhalif]

nice! i just put 500ks on my silo too pleased with the result

 

[Colin]

Thing with that is, the single gets really trebly. One easy way to tell if it's for you (w/o having to physically swap in new pots) is to unsolder the wire connecting the volume pot to the tone control (taking the tone pot out of the circuit). Same effect, but easier to wire up.

so does this affect the single coil as well?

 

[beej]

Yep. 2 x 500k pots give you a load of 250k, same as a single 250k pot. All the pickups are wired to the controls the same way.

Though ... on the Y2D you could actually switch in a 500k resistor in parallel to the single, so it wouldn't be as bright.

 

[Roubster]

Sounds interesting...I would like to hear the difference, but I honestly love the way the guitar sounds as is. The only thing that I really want to do though is to add a push-pull pot to split the neck an bridge humbuckers.

 

[jptortor]

Its not a huge difference. It's subtle, but its like the guitar has more power and seems to take up more space on the sonic spectrum now. I have no idea if what I just said makes sense. Its like the whole thing got a little hotter and brighter. I am still deciding whether or not I will be experimenting with pickups next.

 

[Jamie M]

Just had 500's fitted to. I am happier with the sound now

 

[Mpcoluv]

You can always put a 470K ohm resistor across the singlecoil.
Then it will be approx. 250K ohms when the single is engauged.