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Potentiometers and Push-Pull Pots

Standard Control Pots Standard Control Pots
Most common pots found in guitars, available at discount bulk prices!
Specialty Control Pots Specialty Control Pots
25K, 500K, and 1 Meg-ohm pots for volume, tone, or custom circuits.
Push/Pull Pots Push/Pull Pots
25K, 250K, and 500K-ohm pots with a built-in switch
Blend Pots Blend Pots
Control the mix of pickups and transducers
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.

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