Thanks Nocaster. The point that you brought up from the sticky thread has never made sense to me.

A 500k pot will add more highs then a 250k...and a 500XL has as an expanded frequency range in comparison to a 500L.

That said...I would think that pairing up a 500k pot with a 500XL would sound much brighter than a 500L (less highs than a 500XL) with a 250k (darker than a 500k) pot. I trust what Bill and Becky recommend, but like I said, it doesn't make sense to me.

Anyway, since my Paul has 500k pots in it, I guess I may try the 500XL in the bridge, rather than changing out the pots to get the same sound from a 500L.

Thanks!