Reddit reviews Pair (2X) - .022 uf/400 v Orange Drop Capacitors

The pot's value (250K vs 500K) will make you decide if you want to swap out the pots.

250K cause single coils to be less "Harsh" since single coils are bright pickups. Humbuckers on the other hand are usually darker in tone, so they'll normally be paired with 500K pots as 500K pots cause the tone to be brighter.

Some people have no issues with 250K pots on a humbucker, so I say give it a shot. If you don't like it and find that it's too dark, buy a 500K pot to swap out the 2nd Volume Knob that goes to the humbucker.

For Resistors, you should be fine, but if you're looking to swap out, then I recommend these. I just put them in my Les Paul with a Classic 57 and Seymour Duncan SH-4. Sounds great!

A solid paint job is easy, especially on a bolt-on body with no binding. I did a Strat in candy apple red with gold metalflake when I was 13 (56 years ago). It took forever, but it came out looking like custom shop quality. Make sure the temperature is high/humidity low enough (weather can screw you up), watch some Youtube videos, take your time and you'll be fine.

If you upgrade your pickups, get 4 wire rather than 2 wire if available if you ever want to coil splits, in/out phase or series/parallel setups. I've got some of these mounted in these and the Triple Shots made for an easy install.

Harness and pots? This one is probably okay for a low end stock setup.

You could just make a harness yourself if you can do some simple soldering. (TIP: Cut a piece of cardboard and transfer the vol/tone and switch hole positions to it, then flip it over and mount your pots/switch. Now you can wire without risking your new paint job.)

For a medium quality setup, I might consider something like these and some Orange Drop caps.

For highest quality, I would use these for volume and these for tone and wire it up myself with a couple of Orange Drops. $80 or so for everything.

Be careful of the "vintage toan filled pots/wire/magic-ingredient capacitors" hype. Quality doesn't have to cost and arm and a leg.

Seymour Duncan has a great database of wiring options. Look through the list for some ideas.

A standard 2 vol, 2 tone with a 3 way switch is pretty easy to do.

I prefer push/pull (or push/push pots) and splittable (4 wire) humbuckers pickups for maximum versatility.

Trying to replace the pots on my '94 MIM Strat and have no idea what to buy. Replacing as the tone knobs are super scratchy, and the volume knob was scratchy but now just completely cuts the volume at anything below 10. I've got a tech to do the work but want your opinions on what to buy.

I know I need 250k pots, but are they all the same? Fender sells for $8, but are the Seymour Duncans for $14 better? Any other recommendations?

Are the capacitors worth upgrading on the tone pots while I'm in there digging around? Would these be a fine selection?