I like the all 500K.
It at least seems to have a slight bit more openness to it.
It at least seems to have a slight bit more openness to it.
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Pot Shootout: 250K vs. 500k, audio vs. linear
- Thread starter Muaguana
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does anyone know if these $1.99 mini 250k linear pots really have a decent linear curve? need a small one to put in this korean squire II p bass the bass is very bright and i am hoping witching from a 500mini audio to the 250k linear will tame the brittle high end with round wounds and stock ceramic magnet pickup(s)
thanx, p
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What is a decent linear curve? The wafers used in pots are of linear taper. If you want a nonlinear curve, then you join multiple segments to approximate that curve. But if your desired taper is linear, then one segment approximates that curve exactly, because it is already linear.
Ended up grinding cavity out and putting the full sized stock 250k B (linear u suppose, hence the B designation) tone pot from the MIJ jazz in the Korean Squire P Vol position. Seems like the brittle ice picky high end is tamed a little. Will have to put new strings back on it to know for sure.. will try to report back.. thanx to yall'z, p
Wondering which of these is best fit (as far as shaft length) for fenders? p
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.72 cents 6mm knurled 15mm shaft
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1.35 each
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.72 cents 6mm knurled 15mm shaft
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1.35 each
You need to consider bushing length (the threaded part), shaft length (the part that the knob slips over), and shaft style (split/knurled or smooth).
For the pot values, 500k volume with 250k tone sounded best to me. The 250k volumes were a bit warmer, and the 500k sounded a bit brighter and punchier. Also...both pots being 500k sounded a bit more mid-rangey than Id like.
With regard to tapers...definitely Audio for the tone pots. The audio taper on tones seems more gradual throughout the turn of the knob...with more useful space to dial in my settings. The linear tone pot seemed to go through its usable range far quicker...which would give me very little room to work with in terms of making incremental tone changes.
For volume pots and their tapers...oddly enough...I had the opposite feeling from my ears. From the sound samples I listened to...there's much less usable portions of the audio taper in my opinion. The audio volume seemed to have more silent space on the knob...which Id take to mean fine tuning would be a little less precise. It seemed like nothing happened until halfway through the turn...and then came a gradual rise.
Linear volume seemed to have less of that silent space....thus more usable space on the knob. However, the initial rise in volume at the beginning of the pot's turn was more abrupt. Because of this it seemed like medium and higher volumes can be dialed in easier since more of the knob is useful. But lower volumes seem like they didnt have as much usable range since the volume increase came out a bit quick at the start of the turn.
That all said, I wish I knew if what value pot was used with each particular taper. The available samples don't split that up.
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I think there are "vintage" taper pots that are in between audio and linear taper. You might try one of those for the volume pot ...
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