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What to look for in a Potentiometer?

Hi guys,
In March or April I am overhauling my Ibanez GSR-200. I am making it passive and throwing on a DiMarzio P and J set. What I don't know is what to replace my pots with? Does anybody have a good site for pots and/or some fun novelty knobs? Does anyone have a suggestion for a pot?
 
CTS pots are highly recommended by most people on here, you can buy them from allparts.

As far as values, 250K pots for single coils, 500K for humbuckers.

Linear or Audio taper are both fine, different people have different preferences. Audio taper is more common.

Whether or not you want solid or split-shaft pots depends on what kind of knobs you want.

Hope that helps some.