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eryque · June 12th, 2008, 02:58 AM

Can you use linear pots for the tone control, or does that have the same effect as a linear pot used as a volume knob?

Anyone know?

woodman · June 12th, 2008, 09:35 AM

i tried that way back in the '70s, and all the "control" was in a narrow band at one end of the pot -- but i can't remember if it was the top or bottom!

telbert twang · June 13th, 2008, 04:06 AM

should be bottom, more or less like an "on-off switch" rather than controller. i wouldnt use any linear. some do though

woodman · June 13th, 2008, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by telbert twang

more or less like an "on-off switch"

yep, all or nothing within a couple of degrees of rotation. i wouldn't try it again either.

Chris Leger · June 13th, 2008, 10:09 AM

I use linear tone pots.

Log pots can cut both ways, by the way. One side will give you a shallower roll-off for the first half (or so) of the rotation... the other side will be steep at first. You can mix it up with "reverse log."

The linear pot sits in the middle.

Gaber_771 · June 13th, 2008, 10:23 AM

I use them on my relatively bright MIM maple neck tele... i like it cause i can throw the tone knob somewhere in the middle, get a little rolloff, and not worry about being that exact, then throw it back up again for the bite... FWIW, there are three settings on the pot, 10 (wide open) ; 8,5 (the vast majority of the rotation) ; 0 (the last 1/5 of the rotation)...

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telbert twang Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Estonia Posts: 448 65 Photos	should be bottom, more or less like an "on-off switch" rather than controller. i wouldnt use any linear. some do though

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Chris Leger Banned Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Hampshire Age: 44 Posts: 923 2 Photos	I use linear tone pots. Log pots can cut both ways, by the way. One side will give you a shallower roll-off for the first half (or so) of the rotation... the other side will be steep at first. You can mix it up with "reverse log." The linear pot sits in the middle.

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