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Why not try that first.
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Good pots can help greatly, but that's more about physical feel (ie loose or tight) and pot taper, than anything else. Good wiring can help reliability, but posh caps do nothing except make your guitar look pretty on the internet.
I actually quite enjoy doing my own wiring, but I can understand why some people don't want to.
No matter who is listening...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Obvously taper and general build quality may differ also.
Surprisingly the resistance value is *not* that critical, despite premium pots being available with either tighter tolerances or higher overall resistance - you can test this fairly easily too, with a switch to add resistors to simulate higher or lower pot values. The lowest change which is reliably audible is about 25%.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
also, if you do decide to go for a re-wire do
it yourself and use orange drop caps. It’s an easy circuit to wire.
There is a lot of snake oil around caps - just use an orange drop you won’t pay more than £3.00
I’ve not come across any snake oil related to cloth wire - it’s just easy to use and there’s no danger of melting the plastic coating into the stranded core. It’s cheap too.
i find soldering very therapeutic! Recently acquired an extractor fan to remove the fumes - I solder every single day and naturally worry about health and what I’m breathing.
The resistance is not relevant unless there is a MAJOR difference. ) ie. 250k or 500k - It makes me laugh when stockists claim their pots are made to a tolerance of 6% - it’s not true - CTS don’t manufacture to such tight tolerances.
standard CTS would be 20% - with good reason,
as there is no audible difference between a 250k pot and a 300k pot. The human ear cant detect the difference.
”higher end” CTS pots are to a tolerance of 10%
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Yes, exactly - it's within the range where there is no audible difference.
If you use a small switch to add an extra resistor in series with the ground end of the pot you can simulate higher values, and if you add a resistor in parallel with the whole pot you can simulate lower values. You need the switch so you can engage or disengage the resistor on the fly while listening closely to the sound from the amp.
Doing this, I was able to consistently hear a difference at about 25% below, and 33% above, the pot value. By that I mean that you can *just* hear a shift if you switch it on the fly with a note or chord sustaining. If you listened to the two different sounds in isolation I doubt you would be able to call it.
I find direct real-time A/B switching the best method of determining whether these things matter or not. Often, you will find that something you 'think' makes a noticeable difference when you compare separately in isolation, doesn't actually make any difference at all... and sometimes, it does show that a very small difference is detectable even when you think it 'shouldn't' be.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein