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Post by toddw on Aug 30, 2007 20:06:01 GMT -5
www.has-sound.com/parts.htm#PotsI've never seen these before, and a search for concentric pots didn't find me anything here, so I figured I'd post the link. They sell special knobs for these, letting you get two controls in one spot. Pretty cool. And, slightly off topic, what is the shallowest push pull DPDT or DPST pot you guys have seen? Are they all 1 1/8"? I found Has-sounds searching for miniature ones. No luck though Todd
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Post by gfxbss on Aug 30, 2007 20:59:31 GMT -5
if im not mistaken, many danelectro models use concentric pots. also, i have done work with em that the guys on here helped greatly with. you can check that hereTyler
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Post by toddw on Aug 31, 2007 13:39:42 GMT -5
Read through that thread, not sure why it didn't show up in my search. Also searched more and found other places that had concentric pots. Athough most seemed to require I buy / order in quantity, I'm sure they don't all have that issue.
How did the bass with concentric pots work out? Any problem turning the wrong control by accident?
Todd
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Post by sumgai on Aug 31, 2007 15:28:32 GMT -5
Doc, I have a concentric tone control on my Jazz Bass, outer for the Neck pup, inner for the Bridge. Works well in my book, but I don't often try to manipulate the tone during a tune, it's generally a set-and-forget operation for me. The few times I play something that requires a large amount of treble, I just crank the tone to the max before starting out. Afterwards, it goes back to killing nearly all treble, about 1 on the dial. (But they're unmarked, that's just a "gut-feel" guess.) I could probably take the tone control out, leaving a cap-and-resistor hard-wired in, I modify the tone so seldom. I can imagine that if one has to constantly jack the control(s) around all the time, then a concentric setup might be a PITA. But after a few mistakes, it should get easier, or so it seems to me. HTH sumgai
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Post by toddw on Aug 31, 2007 20:52:53 GMT -5
Makes sense sumgai. I had been thinking one was tone and the other was volume. But, using one as you do, or maybe one for a standard tone/high cut, and the other to vary a notch filter . . . that's be cool.
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Post by sumgai on Sept 1, 2007 3:08:32 GMT -5
Doc, There were some Jazz Basses that came with four controls, some with three, and a few with only two controls.... two obvious ones, that is. They were both concentric, volume over tone for each pup. I've also seen adaptations where one or two of the four were replaced with concentrics - bass and treble cut for each pup. The methodology is so adaptable, there's no reason to dismiss the notion out of hand, it just might make the difference between "this is pretty cool" and "ohmigawd, I can't believe how much better this thing sounds/plays!". I know that a few higher end guitars have them, but I can't remember any particular ones at the moment, sorry. sumgai
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Post by toddw on Sept 1, 2007 9:34:49 GMT -5
Oh, I'm not dismissing it, or I wouldn't have posted the link. I appreciate the input. Just wanted to make sure these weren't annoying on an instrument. They struck me as something that'd be more useful on an amp, but maybe not.
Todd
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