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If it is a problem you can always have a simple resistor and cap added inside to duplicate the tone control on 10.
"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
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The old PRS Upgrade Kit included parts to simulate the tonal loss effect of loading.
1) 470k resistor between the hot and ground terminals of the output jack socket.
2) 500k resistor and .022uF capacitor, in series, between the input terminal of the master volume pot and ground.
https://i.imgur.com/CyYmUFV.jpg
However, before you do anything try just removing the knob from the volume. It's then a smaller target to hit and might work for you. It's what I do prior to rewiring.
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/89942/caspercaster#latest
Aesthetically might not be to everyone's taste but I don't care.
That's one reason the guitar I played for that specific project didn't have a tone control. Didn't use it at all for what I was playing and also I found it give the guitar a slightly wilder feel. Hard to explain, but sort of un-throttled in a way. Or maybe tonally open is a better way of putting it. It did change the tonal character of the pickups, but for that project it really worked well.
Come to think of it, I don't think I remember seeing the guitarist in my band ever using it, though it's likely I'd just never have noticed.
It would be funny if the type of people who discuss the tone qualities of the number of screws in trems, and the material the nut is made of, never used their tone control.
https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/cts-split-shaft-no-load-tone-potentiometer-250k-or-500k-for-stratocaster-telecaster-guitars/
There's the Fender one which clicks in to the no-load position but I disliked it because it makes it a bit harder to adjust with the pinky:
https://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/parts-c4/electronics-c698/potentiometers-c109/fender-no-load-250k-solid-shaft-pot-tone-p5295
I would guess most guitarists never actually use the tone control - many don't use the volume control either, except to turn off between songs.
Whether I do or not depends on the type of music I'm playing and the band context. If I'm using a very 'structured' sort of sound with specific programmed effects changes, I never use the controls. If I'm playing a more traditional plain overdriven rock guitar style then I do.
"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