Members jds22 Posted August 26, 2010 Members Share Posted August 26, 2010 Anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FearTheVoices Posted August 26, 2010 Members Share Posted August 26, 2010 na, one is to control the tone and one is to control the volume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted August 26, 2010 Members Share Posted August 26, 2010 Not sure what you're getting at. But most control pots are audio taper. Some people claim that Teles have audio for (IIRC) volume and linear for tone. May be the other way around. But they are the same part, just used for different things with different results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Grumpy Posted August 26, 2010 Members Share Posted August 26, 2010 If you mean buying new pots for replacement, then yeah, they're exactly the same. 500K ohm and 250 K ohm are the most common values used in electric guitars. 500K for humbucker guitars and 250K for single coils is the general rule... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sheraton Posted August 26, 2010 Members Share Posted August 26, 2010 na, one is to control the tone and one is to control the volume Yep, same thing. If you're buying pots don't look for ones labeled tone or volume. Some people prefer audio taper for volume and liner taper for tone but that's personal preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jds22 Posted August 26, 2010 Author Members Share Posted August 26, 2010 Ok thanks. I was going to order some of those low friction pots from MF to try out. I didn't see an option for tone or volume so I just wanted to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted August 26, 2010 Members Share Posted August 26, 2010 yes until you wire them into a guitar they are the same thing. If you take them apart its just a strip of carbon and a wiper. Its the application that makes them vol or tone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bonaventura Posted August 27, 2010 Members Share Posted August 27, 2010 vol pots are audio taper for sure. not sure abt tone pots though. i think i heard somewhere that danny gatton replaced his tone pot to linear taper in order to facilitace 'wah' effect with his tone pot. that is, if i recall correctly ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted August 27, 2010 Members Share Posted August 27, 2010 As already stated, they are the same part. What makes a tone pot be a tone pot instead of a volume pot is that you wire a capacitor between the pot and ground. The capacitor directs only the high frequencies to ground, letting the lower freqencies travel on to the output jack. A volume knob doesn't have that capacitor, so it sends the whole signal to ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted August 27, 2010 Members Share Posted August 27, 2010 As far as replacing with low friction: don't waste your money. IMO, pots is pots. Just replace them when they get bad and use good quality ones when you do. I like CTS because they're as good as anything and aren't too expensive. I also like 300K pots with my sc's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EADGBE Posted August 27, 2010 Members Share Posted August 27, 2010 Are volume and tone pots the same thing? Yes. The only difference is tone pots incorporate a capacitor. This allows certain frequencies above or sometimes below a certain point to be diverted to ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted August 27, 2010 Members Share Posted August 27, 2010 re audio vs linear you can use either but most people use audio for volume because the ear percieves a linear pot to jump from say 2-10 instead of a gradual (linear) change (1-2-3-4)...its kind of like legerdemain for the ears. BTW this is exactly the type of thing that convinces me when people talk about the science or physics of a guitar in arguments about tone changes when sheilding or different caps having different tone or even crystal latticies that something on paper isnt always true in application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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