Um, yeah; strange as it may seem, I actually use the volume comtrol to, well, control the volume of the guitar. Besides, I'm planning to put some of those DiMarzio knobs that "go to 11" on it, so that changes the whole equation.
Maybe I wasn't clear enough about what I had in mind. Based on the premise that singlecoils "like" 250K pots, and humbuckers are generally controlled with 500K pots, it seemed like a good idea to be able to change the value of a pot when the pickup it controls is "cut," i.e., acting as a singlecoil. Maybe it's just one of those ideas that only works in theory. Maybe "half" of a 13.8K humbucker will be alright when it's "looking at" a 1 Megohm pot.
Okay, but the question wasn't so much about liking the difference, it was about a practical way to get around screwing up the taper of the volume pot. (Y'kmow, all that "audio vs. linear" stuff?)
Yep, some will, myself included.
I was looking more for technical information than opinion, but thanks for "bumping" the topic up the list a little, anyway.
Maybe now Lovekraft or somebody can get a look at it, and tell me if this is another of those great ideas that just won't "fly," or if there's a practical way to do it