What is a volume and tone control?
They are both variable resistors that control the amount of volume or how loud a pickup will be when plugged into an amplifier and the tone control usually rolls the high end off a pickup or combination of pickups. On passive instrument that require no pre-amp or power boost in the circuit the values are usually 250 k audio taper for Fender Strats, Tele s, P-Bass, J-Bass etc., and Gibson uses 300 k audio taper pots and 500 k audio taper for vintage Gibson s. Fenders have been known to use 1 Meg. ohm pots on their instruments. On most Fender instruments, solid and knurled split shaft pots are used for volume and tone controls. Fender Stratocaster s use three knurled split-shaft potentiometers. The knurled shaft keeps the pressure fit knob from spinning beyond 10 on the dial. Telecaster knobs use a tightened set screw to keep it from spinning on the solid shaft. Fender Jazzmaster s use two nylon Stratocaster volume and tone knobs pressed on to the solid shaft pot and would often become l
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