Came here to find out what pot I should have smoked before playing guitar, took me 15min to realize I was not going to find that out in this video. But I feel like I have learnt something anyways..

@AmperahGaming

3 жыл бұрын

Use something that gives you a nice head high :-)

@michaelcraig9449

3 жыл бұрын

@@AmperahGaming What other high is there? Thats why they always say.. "Hey man, you got anything for the head, man"?

@michaelcraig9449

3 жыл бұрын

Just some reall good stuff and pass it this way..420 all around the world!

@cristiangongola8138

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I was interested in using 500k audio taper CTS pots (short shaft). Not any clear info about those, but this might still help. :)

@josephmcguiness6452

Жыл бұрын

Purple haze of course

Solid information. 👍For those interested, the reason that 250/280K pots versus 500/550K pots change your guitar's tone is because you're changing the the impedance relationship (resistance to ground in this case) between your guitar and your amp (or your stomp boxes, etc.), _which actually changes the frequency response of your guitar signal._ There's an old audio engineer rule that applies to sequentially connecting any audio gear: "Low Out, High In." Which means "keep your output impedance as low as you can and the impedance of what you're plugging into as high as you can to preserve high frequencies and dynamic range (and keep noise level down)."

This is a great tutorial; very informative. Don’t forget metric vs. imperial pots. For example metric split shaft pits have 18 points on the knurling, whereas imperial pots have 24. This will determine which push-on knob you choose.

The log taper is meant to match the ear's response to loudness, which is essentially logarithmic. So 10 is meant to be "twice as loud" as 5... or about 10 times the power / 3.16 times the voltage (as opposed to 2x the voltage / 4x the power, as you'd expect from a linear taper).

@martyski691

10 ай бұрын

Correct! I was wondering if someone would pick this up.

Oh no! I have been playing a left handed guitar with a dead tone pot for years. I changed the wiring as you mentioned and it suddenly sounds alive! Thank you so much!

@JoePerkinsMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Aha no worries! It amazes me guitar companies do that…makes the controls fairly useless!

Thanks for the tip for lefties, explained why my tone pot is like a switch.

For people who want the best of both worlds regarding pot values, a stacked pot with a common shaft wired in series with eachother through a switch will let you switch between 250k and 500k (or 500k to 1M)

Sometimes KZread just throw at you loads of videos no one has the intention to watch. However, this one is the lucky dip, regardless the years of experience still learned a new things. Thank you Joe and certainly you have a bright future ahead of you, well done.

Excellent, informative, no-rambling guide. Thanks.

This is the best, most informative review of pots..ever!! I have always wondered about the different tapers, and now I know! Thanks for taking the time to make this video!

Very comprehensive and well explained! Thanks for the part about how the log taper works and also freeing the values from their historic context...

Dude. Unrelated to this video but after 28 years of playing I finally got myself a telecaster guitar, so excited😂! I also have a Williams TB Mark 1 coming in the mail, can't wait to get those two together

@JoePerkinsMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Argh I bet mate - that's a match made in heaven!! :D Let us know what you think of the MkI...sure you're gonna love it!

A very detailed explanation! Really helped me to understand better the concept of pots, thanks a lot!

I have learned much of this recently but you have SO efficiently covered it all.Thank you!

This was fantastic. Thank you!!!

This is great work. Valuable information conveyed concisely and efficiently. Thank you.

This is an excellent video! Thanks so much for keeping everything concise and informational. I learned a lot here!

Man, your video is the best I’ve seen! God bless you!

Rad video. Thank you so much for taking the time. Infinite love and gratitude from Colorado.

Brilliant - the clearest most concise explanation of potentiometer values, taper and use on KZread ! Thank you sir !

Excellent video Joe, First rate explanation of the facts is particularly helpful - it's clear you know your subject very well which makes it far easier to absorb everything. Thanks for taking the time to do this video, very much appreciated.

Wow!!! So much information in one video!! You saved me a lot of time from finding all the characteristics individually!! EXCELLENT!!! Thank you!!

Complete and concise presentation. Great explanation of all points regarding pots.

Great video, full of information and easily explained stuff!

Joe-Thank you for this specific video. I can not begin to tell you how important this knowledge is to me at this point in time. Best Regards and thank you again!!

This is super helpful! Worth multiple watches. I’ve been experimenting with different pots in my builds and this clears up a lot of questions!

Very informative and well explained. Straight to the point yet thorough. Thank you sir.

That was really great and fully informative. Thank you!!

This was amazingly useful, thank you!

Best and clearest knowledge of pots I've heard to date. Simple instructions and easy to follow. Thank you. My OCD causes me to lose track of information when the speaker goes on a rabbit hunt with wording. None here. To the point... YaY !

I dont know why i waited so long to search for a video on pots. This is amazing, very clear and simple to understand. Fine job!

Excellent content and well organized. Thank you.

This was way more interesting than I thought it would be! Thanks!

Amazing explenation, thank you so much for this! it helped me a lot!

Thanks a lot for putting this video together. Great and useful material for people doing mods themselves

@JoePerkinsMusic

3 жыл бұрын

No worries Nicolas :-)

this is maybe the best and informative video for pots and electronics on youtube. very good job!

Extremely helpful! I mean, this guy knows his stuff, and is super articulate, which is really important. Imagine what the world could be like if everyone online was as informed and well spoken as this? Slightly less doomed feeling!

@JoePerkinsMusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris - the internet can be a harrowing place, for sure!!

@musicproductionvideos5019

Жыл бұрын

@@JoePerkinsMusic So do you use Audio/Log taper for "both" tone & volumes controls? I'm getting ready to upgrade a couple lefty guitars. Thanks!

This explained so much. Thank you.

@JoePerkinsMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

The best explanation on potentiometers ever. Gr8! Dude.

Great video! I am learning about pots and this helped a lot. Thanks!

This is a VERY informative video that is really well done! Great explanations that are clear and concise, yet also in-depth with a lot of examples. I learned so much from this one video that would have taken 10 different KZread videos to get the all the same information you present. Bravo, and thank you!

Love your channel, very informative

Thank you for the explanations, Joe! You did a great job!!

Absolutely great video! So informative. Thanks!

This is an excellent video, very informative! Thanks Joe!

@JoePerkinsMusic

Жыл бұрын

No problem :-)

Really really thank you, I'm a lefty and now I finally understand why my pots just work on the range of 3 to 0. I've been searching why this happens this for long time, till get to your video, because I thought something was wrong with my pots.

Superb !! As usual !!

Great info about logarithmic pots in L/h guitars! I'm a lefty too and just started guitar DIY and it never occurred to me until you mentioned it!

@chriskettlewell801

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was thinking about whether I should put lefty pots in, but figure I’ll just stick with them turning the RH way. I have some guitars one way and some the other. I don’t feel any great need to have them turn the “lefty” way. Don’t see that it makes much difference. And it generally just means the numbers on the knob are meaningless as you don’t often get knobs with the numbers the other way around for lefties.

Excellent video! Very clear and easy to understand and really helpful information

Thank you for the clear presentation.

BRILLIANT video. Thank you so much!!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Very good, thorough information. Thank you.

For any other lefties who hanker for a genuine audio taper, you CAN buy reverse audio taper... audio taper is "A" as in A500k... linear is "B"... reverse audio taper is "C". Just look for C500k pots, and they will work perfectly when wired in reverse!

That was very well presented! 👍

Thank you, by the way, for the most useful presentation on guitar pots I have found so far.

🙏😁 Wow!!! Amazing, thank you for that. You just simply slammed all my questions in this one Video! Clear, pleasant & satisfying. God bless, blessed man.

Excellent explanations. Thank you.

Excellent pot summary ;) Well done!

Lots of great info 👏👏

Very informative video, you answered some lingering questions I've had. One note for do it your selfer's who don't have a lot of soldering experience, the smaller pots are much more susceptible to internal damage from the heat of a soldering iron being left on them for too long when connecting a ground wire to the pot case.

probably the most useful youtube video ive ever seen.

I came here to learn more about pots thanks for the informative video. I had some New Pots installed on my LP by a technician as they were making buzzy sounds intermittently. I did not specify what I wanted as I don’t know much about pots at the time. The new ones behave differently to my old ones. Old ones you can hear a really gradual volume increase from 0-10. The new ones you hear a small increase between 0-4 and then 5-10 has sudden more noticeable volume increases. What should I be looking for in terms of Taper to get another set of volume pots that behave like my old ones ? Thanks so much for anyone reading this.

Thank you, what a great explanation!

Very informative, thanks!

Thank you, I enjoyed your video. Well done. Appreciated.

Awesome man. Thanks much for the info. Great presentation. 🤘🏼

@JoePerkinsMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers John - glad it was useful :-)

Thank you! Extremely informative, thorough and really easy to understand. Great job. -from a new Subscriber

Great info, thanks!

really helpful, thanks Joe

EXCELLENT video. Thank you.

thanks so much, i had issues with my tone pot and switched the wire to a different prong and presto, its great

Thank you. Very educational.

Great video, thanks man

Joe this is very useful, and clear explanation, I have always used the typical 250k and 500Kohm pots with diff caps bleed circuits etc. This info will help me change and get better sound out of some of my humbucker guitars. Great vid my man!

@JoePerkinsMusic

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was useful for you mate 🙂

Great info. Thank you!

Wow, this is immensely informative! 10/10 insta-sub earned.

Very informative - thanks.

This was extremely useful.

#5 - Quality. My issue is also with rattling pots!!! Not only with wobbling pots but tap some on the top and it rattles! You can’t touch the pot without making a clicking noise!! Another thing to note is scratchy pots. Your sound suddenly comes to life with new pots and Deoxit d5 helps prolong its life. Thanks for the video.

Very informative thanks.

super video dude thx for sharing

This is great. Thank you.

That was excellent. Thank you Joe Perkins.

Very well explained not many people talk about the feel of the pot.

Great pot overview. I'm replacing the coils in my old Roadstar II (had it for close to 40 years now), but the read driver of opening it up and getting dirty is that the selector and one of the pots cut out at times, so understanding the pots at this level of detail is helpful for me to make sure I don't invest in great new coils only to screw them up by a bad pot choice. Lost of great fill info too - that left hand taper info is gold. I'm not a lefty, but it's still a great example of a hidden trap.

Just fell on this vid, Awesome info!

Perfect vid.

Excellent explanation.

Thank You Great Information !

thank ya for the Information very cool

good channel, love ur videos.

thx for the helpful information...

Really useful thanks

Thank you. You explained that very well. I like that you didn't use lingo that no one understands but techies.

Great! Thank you.

Excellent explanation

Informative and snappy

Great video. The only thing you didn't mention is the difference in the number of splines on US pots (24) compared to Metric (18). Believe me that can be an unexpected issue when you go to put knobs on.

@grimreapybones2875

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for mentioning this, my country mostly uses metric for everything so I assume our pots will be too

Thank you. Now I know about values, higher brighter. Good video

@JoePerkinsMusic

Жыл бұрын

You got it! :-)