I just bought a Gibson abomination

[Philly Q]

$15 for a Bourns pot - someone is having a laugh.  I'd be willing to bet they're no different to the standard Bourns range for £2.61 each...

http://www.bourns.com/data/global/pdfs/PDB241-GTR.pdf

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/PSF_393058/6928632/  (250k)
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/trimmers-potentiometer-rheostat/6928639/  (500k)

Those are good links!  Anyone use Bourns pots?  What's the quality like generally?

[FELINEGUITARS]

I find the BKP 550K pots truly excellant
The taper is really nice with a little boost just at the top end  - great for that old school riffs on 8 - solo on 10 type playing.
They have the right loose feel without being too loose
I find the PRS ones a tad too sloppy

[Philly Q]

I find the PRS ones a tad too sloppy

I prefer too sloppy to too stiff (Afghan where are you?).... but I know what you mean.  It is odd on my McCarty to find the push/pull feels stiffer and smoother than the "normal" pot.

Good to hear the BKP pots have a loose feel, I was expecting the usual need-both-hands CTS feel.

[dave_mc]

Aahh... that's the whole point... "man as guitar stand" ... "does man lean on his guitar or does his guitar lean on him?..."

You've got to see the subtext (:lol:)

(Alternatively, it's "man on couch, with extremely large phallic symbol, pretending to be disinterested in girlfriend taking photograph in the nude...")

:lol:

just to clarify, I like the pic, it's very nice. Just can never resist a cheap joke :oops:

[38thBeatle]

Nice sofa.

[HTH AMPS]

heres a press shot with the guitar in question

the Vee looks nice, but I'd definitely be wanting to mount the pickups to a pickguard - those p/up rings don't look right to me.