![]() And still others use Linar taper pots for volume and Audio taper pots for tone. Gibson on the other hand uses linear taper pots for both volume and tone. Some manufactures like Fender use Audio taper pots for both volume and tone controls. This can give a more gradual audio reduction is some cases. Audio taper pots are usually marked with an A or Aud (examples 500KA, A500K 500K Aud) and will decrease most of the resistance in the last 50% of the rotation. Linear pots are usually marked with a B or Lin (examples 250KB, B250K, 250K Lin) and will reach 50% of its total resistance in the 50% rotation point. What is the difference between Audio and Linear taper pots?Īudio and Linear taper pots have the same total resistance but differ in which position of rotation the pot will reach the 50% value. You can also fine tune the sound by changing the pot values regardless of what pot value the guitar originally had. For this reason, guitars with humbuckers like Les Pauls use 500K pots to retain more highs for a slightly brighter tone and guitars with single coils like Stratocasters and Telecasters use 250K pots to add some warmth by slightly reducing the highs. This is because higher value pots put less of a load on the pickups which prevents treble frequencies from "bleeding" to ground through the pot and being lost. The rule is: Using higher value pots (500K) will give the guitar a brighter sound and lower value pots (250K) will give the guitar a slightly warmer sound. ![]() What is the difference between 250K & 500K pots?Įither 250K or 500K pots can be used with any passive pickups however the pot values will affect tone slightly. ![]()
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