Riz, I'm sorry to chime in so late, but tell Ernie Ball they are phatheads who don't deserve to even play Ukraine in the last 16. They should have sent you a 250k pot. Basically, a potentiometer is a variable resistor. If your variable resistor ranges from 0 - 250kohm, you have a reasonable spread of expression from whisper-quiet to full volume. Replacing this with a 0 - 25kohm will turn the pedal almost into an on/off switch. You will lose the range of expression.
A 25k pot is only useable for low-impedance outputs such as active basses or (more rarely) active guitars. If you fit it, you will probably find that your volume pedal is not satisfactory. Pots are cheap; so tell them to send you the right replacement if you do not like the one they sent you. If they refuse; tell them that there is someone on Guitarsite who knows the difference, even if they don't. If they want to look like idiots on a forum for the sake of the price of a pot, that is their problem. They should know better and supply the guitarist with the correct part.
Riz, I'm sorry to chime in so late, but tell Ernie Ball they are phatheads who don't deserve to even play Ukraine in the last 16. They should have sent you a 250k pot. Basically, a potentiometer is a variable resistor. If your variable resistor ranges from 0 - 250kohm, you have a reasonable spread of expression from whisper-quiet to full volume. Replacing this with a 0 - 25kohm will turn the pedal almost into an on/off switch. You will lose the range of expression.
A 25k pot is only useable for low-impedance outputs such as active basses or (more rarely) active guitars. If you fit it, you will probably find that your volume pedal is not satisfactory. Pots are cheap; so tell them to send you the right replacement if you do not like the one they sent you. If they refuse; tell them that there is someone on Guitarsite who knows the difference, even if they don't. If they want to look like idiots on a forum for the sake of the price of a pot, that is their problem. They should know better and supply the guitarist with the correct part.