Gibson doesn't "accidentally" put a 300K volume pot in the guitar, they've been putting 300k vols. and 500k tones in most of their guitars for years. Some players like the 300k pots, but I think most don't like the effect they have on the tone. Vintage Gibsons had 500k audio pots all around, but many years ago they started experimenting with different values for volumes and tones, and seem to have settled on the 300k linear volume, 500k audio tone setup for some reason that no one can figure out. That's why so many people change out the pots on their Gibsons for all 500k audio pots. The higher-end Historics and Custom Shop guitars have all 500k pots finally after a lot of people complained about the 300k's not being the historic value. The 300k pots also have made many players change out the pickups on their guitars because "the pickups are too muddy", when all they had to do was change out the pots for the vintage values.
Al
