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I'll try replacing tone pots with 500k and the volumes with 250k pots.

My opinion is the two 250k pots are too small to run two volumes in parallel with two pickups as hot as the ones on a new 4003, whereas 500k is more than enough for the tone caps... in fact I would not be too worried if these ...

Cool... thank you guys so much for the replies!!

I'll try replacing tone pots with 500k and the volumes with 250k pots.

Can anyone comment on how that might change the tone, if at all? I won't be bothered if it's only something that can be picked up with a spectrum analyzer... if the differences ...

It's really, really easy to do... I know it seems like a pain to have to take the strings off, but all you really have to do is unwind them from the posts and pull the slack down so the coiled ends of the strings are down by the bridge. You don't have to remove them completely.

If you're going to ...

I can't claim to be an expert here either... far from it.

But i have learned through reading and experience that linear taper pots can be wired either way and work fine... logarithmic pots, or audio taper pots, can not.

I've switched volume pots out for linear taper lots and have had success ...

Howdy!

I am now (finally) a 4003 owner, and, although the process was quite long and ot took a couple of basses before I found one that was solid, I honestly couldn't be happier.

I picked it up from Wildwood Guitars in CO, and they made the experience wonderful. They really picked out a good one ...