1.0Seymour Duncanhttps://www.seymourduncan.comSarvesh Tiwarihttps://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/author/seymourduncanA repairman told me to use two 50k pots into my guitar and now that I did that the tone is mushy with now clarity in the high end. What did I do wrong? Burke lane, woodstown, new jersey - Seymour Duncanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="4fPZ4XaZ2s"><a href="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/a-repairman-told-me-to-use-two-50k-pots-into-my-guitar-and-now-that-i-did-that-the-tone-is-mushy-with-now-clarity-in-the-high-end-what-did-i-do-wrong-burke-lane-woodstown-new-jersey">A repairman told me to use two 50k pots into my guitar and now that I did that the tone is mushy with now clarity in the high end. What did I do wrong? Burke lane, woodstown, new jersey</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/swd/a-repairman-told-me-to-use-two-50k-pots-into-my-guitar-and-now-that-i-did-that-the-tone-is-mushy-with-now-clarity-in-the-high-end-what-did-i-do-wrong-burke-lane-woodstown-new-jersey/embed#?secret=4fPZ4XaZ2s" width="600" height="338" title="“A repairman told me to use two 50k pots into my guitar and now that I did that the tone is mushy with now clarity in the high end. What did I do wrong? Burke lane, woodstown, new jersey” — Seymour Duncan" data-secret="4fPZ4XaZ2s" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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When you start repairing guitars and working on different types of electronics, you can be unfamiliar with the common terms used in guitar building and guitar repair. Most likely the repairman thought you to understand that you should use 250K pots and not “two 50K” pots. Most passive guitars use audio taper potentiometers with values...