What. Value Volume Pot??

[zozoe]

Greetings,,, for my new set of STK-s 7/4/4, which value would be optimum? I have a bunch 300 thru 400k pots, so just trying to get the most out of the pups. Thnx

 

[Mincer]

Are they master volume and master tone?

 

[zozoe]

Yes,,, 1-Vol, 1-Tone....

 

[eclecticsynergy]

A lot depends on the voice of the guitar they're going into, and what you're looking for personally.
Higher value pots give slightly brighter tone; lower values will be a bit warmer.

 

[Clint 55]

Yeah it depends what you want. If you want warm then go for low value pots. Stax seem to be glossier and less shrill from the extra coil and so I think can handle higher pots if you want to do that.

 

[zozoe]

Thnx guys!

 

[hamerfan]

I would use the highest value for volume pot.

 

[solspirit]

I'm a huge fan of the 1 Meg pot for either volume or tone but not both.

 

[Clint 55]

I like 1 meg volumes also for where the pickups can handle it. Especially bass. Not true single coils lol. 1 meg isn't useful for tone, just use a no load.

 

[GuitarDoc]

If you are going to use one or two of the pots you already own, I'd recommend the 400k.

 

[jeremy]

if it was me, id stick close to the low end of that range, i found mine plenty bright with 250k volume and tone. i think they were actually rated 256k volume and 242k tone but id have to go check my notes