Q: 460k & 566k pot in my axe..

[6l6gc]

Hi, guys!
I purchased new Potentiometers(WD 500K *2ea).

But..
One thing is 460k ohm, and another one is 566k ohm!

I wanna 1V 1T system.
Please let me know proper value on each Pot.(volume & tone pot)
(ex:460k:Volume pot, 566k:Tone Pot / 460k:tone pot, 566k:volume pot...)


here are pups in my strat..

neck: SDBR-1b Duckbucker (D.C.R: 2.9k)
middle: SDBR-1b Duckbucker (D.C.R: 3.1k)
bridge: Gibson Burstbucker #2 (D.C.R: 8.4k)




thanks..

 

[kylewrt1986]

Re: Q: 460k & 566k pot in my axe..

It shouldn't matter either way, the reason for the difference is the factory production, basically they have +/- tolerances, and 460 and 566 falls into the tolerance for that factory : what i'm saying is they're both produced as 500k pots for general purpose -i.e. not specifically for tone or volume. The higher resistance one will possibly give you a slightly brighter tone if you use it as the volume pot , but I doubt you'd really know the difference by ear whichever way round you wire them

more important in terms of use:
What taper are they - logorithmic/audio or linear? In general most people find its best to use the logorithmic/audio taper for both volume and tone, but you can get away with linear pots for the tone (it'll sound wierd using a linear pot for volume - the ear hears sound logorithmicaly, so an audio taper pot sounds smoother to the ear). Easy way to check is to wire it up to a mutlimeter and see how the resistance changes as you turn the pot - an audio taper pot will stay kinda low as you turn it then increace rapidly - its an exponential type increace. Linear will increace resistance at a constant rate

Hope everything i've said here is accurate, its how I understand things to be in terms of pots etc..
Kyle

 

[John Wymore]

Re: Q: 460k & 566k pot in my axe..

With that pickup combo I think I would use the lower value pot for the volume control.

Like said above, you happened to get two pots on the opposite ends of the production tolerance, usually +/- 20%. It won't be a big difference either way but you would likely hear a small difference between the two when used in the volume position. The larger value will give a bit brighter tone.