Welcome to our collection of guitar pots. If you want better guitar tone, you’re in the right place! Guitar pots, short for potentiometers, are variable resistors that control volume and tone in electric guitars. They play a critical part in your instrument. They make it possible to shape your tone with precision and style by turning up or down aspects of your sound.
Not all guitar pots are alike. If you’re here, you’re probably the kind of person who wants to get great guitar pots. To help with this, we only carry high-quality potentiometers for sale from the best brands like TAOT, CTS, and Bourns. Each brand is known for their high-quality products.
The benefits of using quality guitar potentiometers are numerous:
- Improved tonal control; dial in the warmth or brightness of your tone
- Reduced noise and improved signal clarity
- Smoother, more responsive volume adjustments
- Enhanced durability for longer-lasting performance
We offer a wide variety of guitar potentiometers to suit every need:
- Top Brands: TAOT, CTS, Bourns, for reliable high-quality products.
- Values: Popular resistance values like 250K pots and 500K pots, as well as 525K pots, 300K pots, and 1 Meg pots options to match your pickups and tonal vision.
- Shaft lengths: Short shaft pots and long shaft pots to fit different guitar body depths.
- Shaft types: Solid shaft pots and split shaft pots to fit various knobs like barrel knobs and push-on knobs. Our knurled pots include both fine spline and coarse spline variants. Fine spline fits American-made push-on knobs, and coarse spline fits metric push-on knobs.
- Special feature pots: Push-pull pots for coil-splitting and other mods.
- Tolerances: Tight 10% and 5% tolerance to ensure the potentiometer's resistance is close to its rated value.
Our selection caters to both beginners and experts. Whether you’re replacing a scratchy pot, building a custom wiring harness, or building a full guitar, we have the right potentiometer for your project.
When choosing a pot for your guitar, consider these potentiometer selection tips:
- Resistance Value: Pair pot resistance to your pickups. 250K pots are common for single-coils, and 500K pots for humbuckers. Keep in mind that higher values retain more highs.
- Tolerance: Opt for a tight tolerance, such as 10%, to ensure the potentiometer's resistance is close to its rated value.
- Knob compatibility: Ensure knobs and pots fit each other to avoid damage when installed.
- Shaft length: Long shaft pots for wide bodies (e.g., Les Paul), short shaft pots for slimmer bodies (e.g., Tele, Strat).
- Pot shaft diameter: Check fit with guitar body holes. Metric guitars have smaller holes than American-made guitars.
- Taper: Audio taper is preferred for volume and tone controls. Its output closely matches how the human ear perceives sound.
- Special features: Consider push-pull pots if you want added tonal capabilities like coil splitting or phase switching.
- Brand reputation: Buying from respected brand names like TAOT, CTS, and Bourns ensures you get top quality.
Ready to upgrade your guitar's tone controls? Browse our extensive selection of premium potentiometers today. We have the perfect solution for your tone-shaping needs. Don’t settle for subpar components. Shop now and take control of your sound with premium guitar pots!
