Should I bother with new pots when installing new pickups ?

[paddok]

So i'm planning my pickup install in the next two weeks or so. I realize that while I have brand new pickups (x2n's), the pots out of the guitar are probably the same old ones that have been in there since 1985.

Is there any use upgrading to 1 meg(I think) pots ? What kind of difference should I expect in terms of tone ? Are the pots from stew mac good ?

[Black Mariah]

Re: Should I bother with new pots when installing new pickups ?

Unless the pots are scratchy or messed up in some way there's no reason to upgrade.

[Kyle G]

Re: Should I bother with new pots when installing new pickups ?

You dont need to replace them unless they are scratchy like the other guy said.

1 Meg pots will make your tone brighter and give more output. With those pickups you should be getting enough gain already so the 1 meg pots probably arent neccesary.

I dont know about stew macs pots but Im sure they are atleast decent.

[Firebird V]

Re: Should I bother with new pots when installing new pickups ?

Great choice in pickups by the way. I love those.

[RacerX]

Re: Should I bother with new pots when installing new pickups ?

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