by cw » Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:46 pm
i used a linear master tone pot when i made my guitar and i like it. the taper of an audio pot has a bit too much rise at the end to smoothly get the tone adjusted for me. some guys like it when they over drive a bunch but i don't.
i use a Gibson inspired bass (my own build) with Gibson pups so my signal is pushing pretty close to a 500mA signal (71 Gibson Humbucker a bit over wound = 5%) without any pre-amping on my neck pup alone. i blend the two pups with my volume controls (or bypass the tones along with my "sweet spot" pup a Gibson TB Plus pickup) by using a HAS Sound 6 setting tone control. this lets me use the guitar to set my tone vs the amp which i use to simply amplify without any after effect pedals, so i can duplicate the sound when i want.
i would assume it works the same way with an amp tone pot.