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Guitars • volume pot value changes tone. how does this work?

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I see how you get different brightness with different volume pots such as 100k, 250k, 500k, 1 meg.

how they work is thoroughly explained in this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTDdVs5GW-c

I have 2 questions. using a 250k for example:

number 1.

the volume pot has a range of 0 to 250k.
at 0 ohms (knob fully clockwise) you get maximum brightness.
at 250k ohms (knob fully counter-clockwise) it cuts the treble the most.

so, why would a 500k be brighter than a 250k, when they are both at 0 ohms for maximum brightness?

instead, wouldn't the difference be that the 500k gets darker than the 250k when turned fully counter-clockwise?

number 2.

can't you simply use a 500k and get the same tone as a 250k, when the 500k is at 250k? in other words, doesn't a 500k do everything the 250k does and more?

Statistics: Posted by frantic_fingers — Sun Oct 13, 2024 5:57 pm — Replies 1 — Views 50



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