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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2019 6:46:08 GMT -5
Ok NO PANS really So i tend to use Normal Size Pot.. but lot in the guitar work LOVE BIG BOTTOM Pots I also do have SMALL POTS about 1cm in size so why use one over the other, PRO-CONs basically If its a 10K POT then >DOES SIZE MATTER< for us
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Post by newey on Sept 22, 2019 8:35:59 GMT -5
The larger diameter pots are generally 24mm dia. and are colloquially called "Quarter sized" as they are roughly the size of a US quarter-dollar coin. The smaller ones are generally 17mm and are known as "dime-sized".
Electrically, the only things that matter (to us guitarists) are the resistance value and the manufacturing tolerances- i.e., how much variance is permitted from the stated value. Most guitar-spec'd pots will vary plus or minus 10%, military spec ones may be 5% (but cost more).
But many guitarists will say that they prefer the bigger pots for a non-electrical reason- a better "feel" as you turn the knob. Regardless of size, a 250K pot should vary across its resistive element from 0Ω to 250KΩ. But on the smaller pot, that range is obtained by the wiper moving across a much smaller resistive track- a tiny movement of the knob therefore has more effect. The longer resistive element on the bigger pots thus gives, in the mind of many, a better subjective feel- in other words, it's more of an ergonomics issue.
Dime-sized pots really began being used in the 1980s, in Japanese made guitars like Ibanez, because they were cheaper than the bigger ones. And it didn't hurt their sales to do so, since most guitarists seldom use the knobs; if the controls are used at all, it's only to turn down a distorted sound to "clean up", they're not making fine, precise movements of the knobs where the greater precision of the longer track would be noticed.
That's my take, anyway.
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Post by thetragichero on Sept 22, 2019 9:43:46 GMT -5
use whatever i end up ordering from mouser. i kinda dig the bourns dime-sized guitar pots. saves some space
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