Blue Point YA7707 Test Box

Pots have what is called "taper" which means the action of the change of resistance /per amount of change of the knob. "linear" "audio" are two. So getting the panel calibration to match the new pot may be a problem if the taper is wrong, on top of other "general" variables, "quality" being one.

Here:

https://eepower.com/resistor-guide/resistor-types/potentiometer-taper/