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Precision Volume & Tone Pots


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[url="http://www.bassplayer.com/gear/1164/tech-bench---mod-squad-potent-pot-mod/27204"]http://www.bassplaye...t-pot-mod/27204[/url]
See fourth para 'cooking with pots' (not tried it myself)

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  • 2 weeks later...

The larger value potentiometer on the volume control will provide less loading to the circuit, which results in a marginally raised resonant peak, which we perceive as "brighter." And it does function the same to a lesser degree on the tone control.

BUT...increasing the tone capacitor value only lowers the cutoff frequency. It does not "compensate" for anything. All it does is make more mud. In a typical passive tone circuit, using a 250kohm pot with a standard tone cap will be the same as using a 500 kohm audio taper pot with the control turned down to the same resistance, which is about "8" on the knob.

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