Well I'm asking because of the following:
(See link:
http://studentweb.eku.edu/justin_holton/jvmods.html)
"I found the problem with the lead mode volume control was pretty straightforward: these turkeys had put a LINEAR taper pot in there where an AUDIO taper pot belonged. All volume controls should be audio taper. That’s why they’re called “audio” taper. The ear hears sound levels exponentially, on a logarithmic scale. A sound with ten times the power of another sound we perceive as TWICE as loud, not ten times as loud. If we use a linear taper potentiometer in a standard volume control circuit, we will hear “10” as only twice as loud as “1.” If we use an audio taper pot, “10” will sound ten times as loud as “1,” which is what we expect. Since 10=10 no matter what, an audio taper pot will have a much lower level “1” than a linear taper pot. Fender’s engineers know this. Therefore, Fender has been using this trick for some time on their solid-state amps, which are primarily targeted to the lower end of the market where the less experienced players buy. A player walks into the music store, plugs in and turns up to “2.” The amp wails like a banshee, and he/she immediately turns the volume down to about “1/2” so as not to be expelled from the store. The player thinks, “wow, if this thing is this loud at 2, it must have just gobs of volume in reserve. If I buy this amp, my drummer will never be able to drown me out again!” Cha-ching, another amp sold."
It's by no means authoritative but it makes sense.
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