Warmoth Pots

[clmjlg]

So ive posted here before about fixing an epi thunderbird pro up with new pickups. Ive decided i should get new pots too and i have never done this before and was recommended to get them from warmoth.com. Anyone can confirm to me that these are good or should i get something else?
Next i wanted to make sure that since the bird has four knobs i should i get four pots right, and volume and tone knobs all use the same kind of pots? Any help would be great.

[jwymore]

I think Warmoth buys their electronics from Allparts just like a lot of other guitar shops (us included). The pots they show on their website are mostly CTS which is a commonly available brand and good quality.

Most guitars use audio taper pots for both volume and tone so, so yes, the same pots will work for all four places. The CTS pots are USA spec as opposed to metric spec which might be what is stock in you Epi.

[ctmullins]

There's been a lot of discussion here recently about audio taper versus linear taper pots. Conventional wisdom says to use audio taper pots for volume controls. Actual experience suggests that linear taper is a better choice, at least when using one volume control per pickup (as opposed to a blend knob).

Dunno about pots for tone knobs - I never use them.

I thought Thunderbirds were three knobs - V/V/T? Is this one V/V/T/T? If it were me, I'd ditch the tone knobs and replace them with something interesting - a varitone, or a notch filter, or even a two-band active circuit (with a passive bypass switch).

[jwymore]

Originally Posted by ctmullins

Conventional wisdom says to use audio taper pots for volume controls. Actual experience suggests that linear taper is a better choice, at least when using one volume control per pickup (as opposed to a blend knob).

Could you provide a link to this discussion? I wired a linear into a volume circuit once by mistake and the result was not good.

[ctmullins]

Yup - here it is:

Funny taper on volume pot Road Worn Jazz

[jwymore]

Originally Posted by ctmullins

Yup - here it is:

Funny taper on volume pot Road Worn Jazz

Thanks ... interesting reading!!

[clmjlg]

The epip thunderbird pros are active and have four knob controls: Master Volume, Blend, High-EQ, Low-EQ. Thats from guitar center website. If i did put a a varitone, or a notch filter what do those do. Sorry for the question but i dont know what those do.