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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:17 pm
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I forget what thread I saw it on but was wondering what the difference in the size of the tone pot is...I think I saw 250 and 500k is that right? Just wondering what the advantage is in either one.

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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:26 pm
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Not sure of an advantage but probably just the right sized pot goes along with the different type pickups.

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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:30 pm
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A tone control using a 500K ohm pot will sound a bit brighter on "10" compared to a 250K ohm pot.

That's because less high frequencies are getting shunted to ground.

The brightest thing would be to disconnect the tone controls entirely (like Yngwie and others do).

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Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:31 pm
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The higher the
value of the pot is, the less treble roll-off they have. That´s the reason
why 250k pots are common for singlecoil pickups - they have a lot of
treble bite and it´s not necessary to give them more, otherwise the tone
can become pikey and harsh. Humbuckers don´t have that much treble so
500k pots are used to not roll off more treble than necessary

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That's right ^


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