Reduce volume of Greengage

[Oh_Discordia!]

My greengage sounds great, except that I cant turn it up past 9:00 without getting into earbleed territory. I read on here to swap the volume pot for something lower (50k or 25k). I put in a 50k - maybe a little better, not nearly enough. So i put in a 25k, and zero change, still need to keep it at ~7:30-8 oclock to keep things useable. What can i try next?

 

[jubal81]

Go back to 100K but use an audio taper pot.

 

[giovanni]

Yep. Audio taper is the answer.

 

[Oh_Discordia!]

ah, ok will do. many thanks

 

[music6000]

I look at youtube video's & where the pedal I'm building being demoed has the Knobs dialed especially if the Build doc says ''B'' in Volume.
You will see a lot of Builders do it on the Volume pot and if it is at 9 to 10 O'clock it will Most likely be a B taper (Linear).
I have changed a lot of my Builds to A taper (Log) as it allows for a smoother transition in Volume over more travel of the Pot!

 

[jesuscrisp]

Log pot definitely. Lin has a better sweep in the silicon clipping mode (aka you don't need to crank it up all that much) but sucks for LED and diode lift modes.

 

[phi1]

As others have said, it seems to be a trick some builders use to put a B pot for volume. Users are impressed by the massive volume it must have if unity is at 8:00! One theory anyway.

I replaced vol pot on my greengage with 100kA also.

 

[Oh_Discordia!]

Update: it worked! A100k in and the volume is way more tame/useable.

thanks to all!