Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: HTH AMPS on April 25, 2008, 12:57:28 PM
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I need some 25k CTS pots but can't find anywhere selling them. Just need normal short shaft, but can only find long shaft ones for Les Pauls (and even those ones were out of stock).
Anyone?
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WD music or Allparts
I have a load of EMG 25k pots if they would work
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WD sell CGE 25k. i have some in my bass, they're very good. you can get a 0.1 sprague orange drop from them also
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thanks lads, but I've tried WD and Allparts - neither sell short shaft 25k CTS pots. I've already got the EMG ones, but they don't have a very nice 'feel' to the taper.
the GGE ones I got have a really slack feel to the taper, not keen on them at all - but it looks like I'm stuck with them.
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in the worst case buy long shaft pots and use extra nuts in a routed space under the back plate.
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haha the funny thing is that when you search for "cts 25k" in google.co.uk and limit to UK websites, you get this thread as first result >LOL>
I would ask WD or some CTS dealer to order some for you.
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btw. i have a couple of 25k pots as those came with EMG active pickups i replaced recently. not sure about brand, there is no logo anywhere. i guess these might be alpha or something. i can post them to you as you are not from london.
let me know.
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The good thing about CTS pots is that the wafers inside the pot (the disc with the resistive coating and the solder tags attached) are often interchangeable for CTS pots of the same size and basic design. I did this to make an odd-ball dual-concentric pot with values that CTS do not make in this configuration. I just bought a CTS dual-concentric pot and some donor CTS pots of the correct values. If you really can't find a CTS 25K pot with the shaft length you require, chances are usually good that you can take a CTS pot of any value and with the style and shaft length you want, and replace its wafer with that from a CTS 25K e.g. one with a long-shaft.
Just be careful taking the pots apart and don't damage the resistive coatings on the wafers. It's a good idea to write the resistance value on the wafer (just above the solder tags) before taking the pot apart to avoid any mixups once dismantled and to avoid confusion when ending up with a pot whose value stamped on the metal case no longer corresponds with the actual resistance of the wafer inside.
EDIT: obviously if the two pots really are almost identical in construction other than the shaft length, then obviously you are effectively just swapping the shaft, wiper and screw bushing plate from one pot to the other. Take a CTS pot apart and you'll see what I mean. It's a lot easier than it sounds.
Andy.