Replacement pots

[Sam L]

Hi all!

I've had a Cort C4-H for many years now and I've accidentally broken one of the shafts of the tone bass tone pot, by taking off the control knob, so i was trying to find out what one i could get to replace it but it says its a 100K pot, now this has been absolutely fine for me, but in my research (unless I'm looking in the wrong places) it seems that having the 100K's in there is completely outdated, so my question is, should I stick with the 100K pots, or swap them out for something with a higher rating, and if so, what effects would these higher rated pots have? 

Thanks all, look forward to hearing from you.

[Dan Dare]

This is quite a useful guide - Understanding Guitar Pots and Caps | Potentiometers Capacitors Wiring (artisanluthiers.com)

[LeftyJ]

That guide is nice, and very useful if you're talking volume or regular tone pots. However, the C4H has an active EQ, and 100k audio taper pots are perfectly normal for an EQ knob because your on-board preamp alters the impedance of your signal, so the rating of your pots will need to match it. I wouldn't change the value, because it will either not work, or sound different.