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Potentiometers

 
Your tone is affected by the control pots you use. Not just the tone control — the volume pot influences tone, too.

250K vs. 500K pots
250K pots give a slightly warmer tone than 500K because the 250K bleeds off some of the high frequencies.

250K =warmer
500K =brighter
1 Meg = brightest

Usually, 250K pots are used with single-coil pickups and and 500Ks are used with humbuckers. If you want to hear your guitar "wide open" with all the highs, try 1 Meg pots.

25K pots are used with active systems.

See Understanding Guitar Wiring for more information.
 
Standard Control Pots
Standard Control Pots
Most common potentiometers found in guitars, available at discount bulk prices!

Push-pull Pots
Push-pull Pots
25K, 250K, and 500K-ohm potentiometers with a built-in switch.

Specialty Control Pots
Specialty Control Pots
25K, 500K, and 1 Meg-ohm potentiometers for volume, tone, or custom circuits.

Blend Pots
Blend Pots
Control the mix of pickups and transducers.

Schatten Thumbwheel Controls
Schatten Thumbwheel Controls
Convenient controls mount unobtrusively beneath a raised pickguard.


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