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CIRCUIT CHECK

Jeremy Tosh of Charles Guitars shares some wise words to help with our pickup swaps. “Between a standard CTS 500kohms pot and an 500k RS SuperPot, which are manufactured by CTS specifically for RS Guitarworks,” begins Jeremy, “the main difference is that the SuperPots are never below 500k. As you know, the standard CTS pots will vary from around 470k to occasionally just above 500k. The SuperPots have a baseline of 500k, but they’re usually in the 520k

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