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Post by unreg on May 17, 2020 13:34:07 GMT -5
Hi all  After asking a question to StewMac’s help, they responded that I would need the 1/4” version of their Dome Knob. Why? Is that bc the knob will descend around the shaft (below the split)? I was thinking I should get a 6mm Knob bc the only part that sticks up is the smaller split shaft part. The comments made me believe that StewMac’s Dome Knob will leave a larger space between the knob’s base and the guitar’s face. I’m worried that the knob won’t even attach to the split, if I’m right that the knob descends below the split part of the shaft. Thank you for reading, unreg |
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Post by unreg on May 17, 2020 17:59:17 GMT -5
I was thinking I should get a 6mm Knob bc the only part that sticks up is the smaller split shaft part.  There is the installed long split shaft CTS pot now. See how the thicker part of the shaft does not protrude out of the hole? Thought this would help you understand my thoughts in the above post better. |
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Post by frets on May 17, 2020 21:36:14 GMT -5
Hi Unreg,This will tell you everything you’ve ever wanted to know about knobs. blog.philadelphialuthiertools.com/2013/05/16/choosing-the-correct-knob-for-your-guitar-or-bass/
NEW EDIT: I have now restored the link above to working order, due on no small part to the efforts of frets. I have also left my original Edit in place, as a lot of discussion follows in this thread. It is a NutzHouse policy to not delete postings when doing such would cause gaps in one's reading of a thread. Besides, there are several tidbits of good info on how the web works, it just might be both entertaining and informative.
EDIT: I have "taken the liberty" (in my guise as the System Admin) to flag the above link for insidious behavior. If one wishes to be flogged with a full-blown browser screen take-over, then feel free to copy the address and paste it into an address bar. Just be aware that what comes up will be a fake "Windows Security Screen" that purports to be unable to scan your system for some kind of security, and that you need to click on the Manual Download button now, in order to be secure. You are left to infer that only after doing so will you be able to see that page's real contents. (See screenshot below.) This is NOT the kind of thing for which Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet, and it certainly is not the kind of thing that we here in The NutzHouse will condone, in any form. frets , I don't blame you personally for this, but perhaps you should wonder - "I didn't see anything like what sumgai's talking about, so why is he foaming at the mouth?" Because if you didn't see this, then perhaps your browser is due for a serious review.... Just sayin, ya know. UPDATE: What's nefarious about this is your address bar continues to display the intended link, but you will be "whisked away" to a brand new site called defender.security-intelligence.space/. Bingle has nothing to say about this place, not even close to it. Turns out that a Whois search says that this a brand new site, only 18 days old. The sad part is, it's located in Atlanta Georgia, the home town (or nearly so) of a certain NutzHouse member. I've captured a screenshot of what I'm talking about:  Not copacetic, boys and girls. As a most highly revered NutzHouse member likes to say "Some people's kids...." sumgai |
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Post by frets on May 18, 2020 12:48:29 GMT -5
Sumgai, This is weird because the link is a legitimate part of Philadelphia Luthiers Website.  That said, I am sorry if it caused any issues. I’m on an Apple and it comes up just fine for me. Unreg, You have there a fine splined CTS pot. It should take any 6mm knob regardless of it being domed, speed, or hat. I checked out Stew Mac’s site for knobs. They do have many high quality knobs. Just know any push on or screw set knob for a 6mm fine splined CTS will work. Your pot sure doesn’t have much clearance from the top of the guitar. Maybe you can see if the set nut under the guitar face can be moved down to allow more thread to show on the outside in order for the knob not to rub and potentially damage the top of the guitar. Again, I’m sorry for the link. Please know I had no intent to harm anyone’s computer. |
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Post by sumgai on May 18, 2020 13:51:22 GMT -5
frets , No, the apologies are mine to make, I'm the one who came down on that site like the proverbial "I know it all, so don't mess with me" butthole. Don't worry, as I said in the second paragraph of my diatribe, you are not to blame. After all, unless I'm very sadly mistaken, you didn't program the PLT site to include such nonsense. And to put your mind further at ease, you're using an Apple of some kind. So take a closer look at the screenshot.... see where in the upper-left corner it says "Windows Security"?  There's your clue. While this Forum is not the correct place to debate the pros and cons of security, web browsers in general, or anything else outside of the general topic of guitars, we could take it to the CoffeeShop, or we could just drop it, I'm OK with either direction we go. But I confess to being interested in whether or not others get the same results as I do/did. If so, please reply here, and if more than a few responses crop up, I'll prune them to a new thread in the aforementioned CoffeeShop. HTH sumgai
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Post by newey on May 18, 2020 16:16:20 GMT -5
sg-
I'm on Windows 10 and got the link through to the page frets gave, no issues.
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Post by unreg on May 18, 2020 19:02:58 GMT -5
sumgai, you are using Vivaldi browser? And Windows Defender as AntiVirus? I was recommended to use AVG Free Antivirus and it’s exceptional! Super quick, free, and extremely well written.  AVG is also an exceptional company; you can trust them. frets, thank you so much for your reply! It has caused me to not buy the incorrect knob size that StewMac support recommended. I guess I’ll remove the pot and check to see if there is anything underneath the guitar body or washer. Thank you all! |
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Post by unreg on May 18, 2020 19:35:01 GMT -5
sumgai, the site frets linked to loaded without a warning screen for me on Windows 10. However, I’m also using firefox and the secure lock icon to the left of the url has an orange triangle containing a white exclamation point. After clicking that, a small screen appears and says, among other things,
When a site buys a secure connection (uses https:// instead of http:// ), but also, continues to use images from insecure server(s), that type of message appears. From my experience, all philadelphialuthiertools.com may need to do is either move their images to that securely connected server OR buy another secure connection for their images’ server home.
(Ok... sorry for going off topic.)
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Post by frets on May 18, 2020 20:15:00 GMT -5
Hey Guys,
I emailed Philadelphia Luthiers this afternoon and let them know about the problem.
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Post by sumgai on May 18, 2020 21:04:21 GMT -5
unreg , Your analysis is spot on, but not quite on point. The screenshot shows that a completely different site has loaded into the browser, not just an image from a dedicated image server (as linked by PLT). The actual problem that comes into play in that the address bar does not change to reflect the true site one is now viewing, it instead still says phila.... yadda yadda. That's a security no-no, full stop. As it happens, you're relatively new here, so I'll go through the drill once again. I practice safe hex. I don't use, nor do I need, any kind of so-called "defense" against whatever ill-mannered malware you may choose to name. I use Ubuntu to host a couple of virtual machines, both Win7Ult and Win10Pro. The latter gets no Internet, I'm just experimenting with it for grins and giggles. Win7Ult with Vivaldi and Ubuntu with Firefox are my mainstays for accessing the web. As it happens, I've not been hit with anything since 1998, probably about 22 years ago this month.... give or take a couple of months, I don't recall that far back.  Just pay attention to what's going on, and never look at a link with the attitude of "Oh, what the hell, I'll give it a lick and see what happens". This has been my modus operandi for all manner of communications via the web, not just browsing sites or doing email.
frets, Nice thought about giving PLT a heads-up. Let us know what they say, please.
newey, Are you perchance using anything else besides just the bare Windows and some browser? sumgai
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Post by unreg on May 18, 2020 21:43:41 GMT -5
sumgai, glad you are super aware of what’s happening, sir! I’ve never used Vivaldi or Windows 7... went from Vista machine to Windows 8 machine, then quickly upgraded to Win10. Does that Vivaldi red marked icon, to the right of the url, declare that the page source has changed? Reread your post and saw “defender.security-intelligence.space/”. Sorry for missing that in my response.  The newest Firefox with AVG guarantees me that random urls will only work if they’re supposed to. (Pages with viruses aren’t supposed to load.) Not that I ever load random urls (that’s the reason I can use “guarantees me”). — My apple device also loads the page without problems. |
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Post by newey on May 18, 2020 22:13:12 GMT -5
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Windows 10, with the latest verion of Firefox, McAfee Security software.
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Post by sumgai on May 18, 2020 22:14:48 GMT -5
unreg , Ah, a multi-linguist I see. I've never had the "pleasure" of using an Apple for much else beyond play. But I did get to noodle around on an original Lisa at school, Lo these many decades ago. I only took to Linux last year, and so far I'm liking what I see. (Well, I've tried it off and on for the last 20 years or so, but never found it be either user-friendly or useful. That's really changed in the last year or so.) I still have to rely on Windows for more than a few of my favorite applications (engineering stuff), but I'm not unhappy about that - I've installed a few VMs that take me where I want/need to go. Next up, I'm installing a DNS server on Unbuntu, to go along with my firewall on Ports 80 and 443. More on that, if you're curious, but let's take that to the proper forum, eh? sumgai
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Post by sumgai on May 18, 2020 22:38:00 GMT -5
Ah, a cross-time post from newey. I was just about to ask if you had peanut butter in your ears! Firefox is pretty good, at least the version I'm using on Ubuntu (62, I think. Yes, way behind the times, meh.) But you already know my feelings about add-on software that purports to "keep me safe", so I'll leave it at that. Vivaldi has finally captured my attention for the most part, but I still have Iridium installed, and on occasion I have to use it load and view certain pages. (Those can't be listed herein, for reasons of copyright, etc., you understand.) IE and Edge were kicked to the curb back in December - too many websites insisted that I was using an "unsupported" browser, so I decided to stop fighting and just get on with it. Had to happen sooner or later, and that bit about IE/Edge not being available on Linux was the last nail in the coffin. Not sorry to make the switch. (And I don't have a black eye, either!  ) Kinda strange how some users can get that page, and others just go straight to PLT. I do note that if I want to repeat the faux pas, then I have to clear my cookies. Seems that once you've visited them, the cookie says something like "Don't bother, the user has already seen it, at least once." I"m not gonna see if the cookie expires in a short period of time, and then you get the same thing all over again. (You know, sort of like seeing the same BS again... what's known as Deja Moo!  ) sumgai p.s. I'll bet gumbo is getting ready to pat me on the back for learning my derailing lessons real well! |
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Post by unreg on May 18, 2020 23:12:17 GMT -5
Kinda strange how some users can get that page, and others just go straight to PLT. I do note that if I want to repeat the faux pas, then I have to clear my cookies. Seems that once you've visited them, the cookie says something like "Don't bother, the user has already seen it, at least once." I"m not gonna see if the cookie expires in a short period of time, and then you get the same thing all over again. sumgai, sorry, my response here is way off topic, but I’m so confused. 1.) Your screenshot’s url is the valid url that everyone else visited. 2.) You stated that you have two machines. A Win10 Pro that’s not on the net and a Ubuntu/Win7 with that Vivaldi browser. However, your screenshot shows that Vivaldi browser covered with a Win10 Pro Settings screen. 3.) You haven’t answered my question about that red marked icon to the right of that correct url. Please forgive me if I’ve missed something important again, sir. edit: Oh, forgot to mention that maybe the weird site just records a unique visitor count. Cookies set up that way usually block repeat visits from the same machine so that a counter will be correct. final-edit: Just realized you said Ubuntu hosting two virtual machines... though, I don’t understand how that Win10 Pro machine is not on the net, yet it’s in your confusing, to me, screenshot. I’ve never understood “virtual machine”. |
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Post by frets on May 19, 2020 0:01:57 GMT -5
Guys, I got the following response from Philadelphia Luthiers.
”Hi Cindi,
Thanks for letting me know of the problem.
We recently renewed our SSL cert and it looks like for some reason the http -> https redirect stopped working. Should be fixed now. Let me know if you are still see the message.”
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Post by thetragichero on May 19, 2020 0:49:05 GMT -5
i sometimes get those things embedded in the ads (I'm guessing?) on this site on my Android spacephone. i close the browser and come back and it's fine
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Post by sumgai on May 19, 2020 8:25:07 GMT -5
sumgai, sorry, my response here is way off topic, but I’m so confused. 1.) Your screenshot’s url is the valid url that everyone else visited. That was exactly part of my point - it's considered bad security to mess with what's shown in the address bar. Nefarious sites do this all the time in an effort to buffalo the user/viewer. Which is what got me going in the first place, that mix-up. If they had popped up the proper Win7 Security settings, that would be a different story. Intentionally so - I don't look at such things, 'cause I don't care. For reasons already stated about my surfing practices. Usual practice. You do seem to know your way around the more publicly known workings of the web, I'll certainly give you that. Easy! I simply never set up the network for Win10. By default out of the box, it does not know where it can go to get connected, it must be told "use a given connector (i.e. wi-fi, or an ethernet port, a USB port, etc.), and a given access point (usually a router, but it might be a switch or even a hub)". Lacking those details, it's sitting there like a lost little kid, just waiting for a chance to phone home. As already noted, the screenshot is showing what the bogus site has sent to me in HTML - it's not at all any part of Windows, especially since I was on W7 at that particular moment. EDIT: Just now thought to check it with FireFox on Ubuntu.... no dice, the PTL site comes up just fine. But that's after what frets reports about the PTL site's certificate being out of kilter. For those not in any kind of security mindset (i.e. a certifiably paranoid privacy geek), the methodology of checking certificate authenticity, particularly regarding revoked certificates, changed between the days of Win7 and Win10. Obviously Win7 is not going to be updated to use the new methods, so I'm probably going to have to abandon it in the not-too-distant future. Sigh.  They're not exactly easy, but once you read a few websites, and/or watch a few YouTube videos, you can fumble your way through it enough to get going. VirtualBox seems to be the go-to program for beginners, but it does have some limitations that might hinder a more advanced user. For my needs, it works just fine. HTH sumgai |
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Post by sumgai on May 19, 2020 8:30:48 GMT -5
Guys, I got the following response from Philadelphia Luthiers. ”Hi Cindi, Thanks for letting me know of the problem. We recently renewed our SSL cert and it looks like for some reason the http -> https redirect stopped working. Should be fixed now. Let me know if you are still see the message.” That's outstanding! And a bleepin' shame that I didn't think of that first. I must be getting slow in my old age.  Your link above now works as advertised, on any of my browser/OS setups. I've restored your original link, with a new EDIT note. And a big thank you for seeing this through. sumgai |
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Post by unreg on May 19, 2020 10:30:05 GMT -5
sumgai, thank you for explaining; I understand somewhat better now. Guys, I got the following response from Philadelphia Luthiers. ”Hi Cindi, Thanks for letting me know of the problem. We recently renewed our SSL cert and it looks like for some reason the http -> https redirect stopped working. Should be fixed now. Let me know if you are still see the message.” That's outstanding! And a bleepin' shame that I didn't think of that first. I must be getting slow in my old age. Your link above now works as advertised, on any of my browser/OS setups. I've restored your original link, with a new EDIT note. And a big thank you for seeing this through. sumgai In my Firefox, even after recent cookies and history have been cleared, I still get that orange triangle, with the white exclamation point inside, on the lower right corner of the black secure lock, to the left of the url. After diving deeper inside its menu box, I get this message: However, after reading sumgai’s response, maybe I need to do something else to reset the cookie. Hmmm, the same orange triangle appears after deleting all cookies and offline website data, so maybe there is something else they should change, frets. edit: Or, maybe some control file (.htaccess) is preventing my computer from receiving the newest page at this moment... can’t research this, sorry, must go now. |
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Post by frets on May 19, 2020 11:06:35 GMT -5
Sumgai, It was nothing, I know a lot of members look and read the forum everyday. I certainly didn’t want their computers to become infected. Whew!! Thanks Sumgai |
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Post by unreg on May 19, 2020 11:08:19 GMT -5
edit: Or, maybe some control file (.htaccess) is preventing my computer from receiving the newest page at this moment... can’t research this, sorry, must go now. After changing my IP address (disabling secure VPN), the orange triangle still appears, so it’s probably not a-control-file-on-their-server’s fault. |
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Post by sumgai on May 19, 2020 14:14:49 GMT -5
Sumgai, It was nothing, I know a lot of members look and read the forum everyday. I certainly didn’t want their computers to become infected. Whew!! Thanks Sumgai This was not the first time a DNS-redirect-to-secure-server was hijacked, not by a long shot. As time goes on, we'll probably see this happen a bit more often, before the standards get changed/updated to prevent this kind of thing. Why I found this, and no one else reported it, was that I use both methods of checking for certificate revocation, old and new. If they don't both reject the cert, then I see the bogus site that should not be displayed. I do that by design, so that I can then add them to the firewall's Deny list. May seem sketchy, but so far, the plan has worked out quite well. But like I said, I'm moving over to a better filtering system using a variant of Linux, sometime this summer. If anyone wants to follow along, I'll be happy to start a new thread elsewhere. Aaaaannnnddd, it had to happen, sooner or later. The Boss has put her foot down, and it's time to get back to work. I'll try to slip off the chains later tonight, wish me luck. sumgai |
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Post by unreg on May 23, 2020 23:52:37 GMT -5
Unreg, You have there a fine splined CTS pot. It should take any 6mm knob regardless of it being domed, speed, or hat. I checked out Stew Mac’s site for knobs. They do have many high quality knobs. Just know any push on or screw set knob for a 6mm fine splined CTS will work. Your pot sure doesn’t have much clearance from the top of the guitar. Maybe you can see if the set nut under the guitar face can be moved down to allow more thread to show on the outside in order for the knob not to rub and potentially damage the top of the guitar. fretz, I don’t believe there is a nut under the guitar face, it’s the same material as the rest of the cavity’s bottom. If I leave the washer off that causes a little bit more of the thick post/shaft to stick up above the guitar’s face, but we need to use the washer, right? After removing the pot from my guitar again, the distance between the post/shaft’s base and the top of the split shaft is a bit more than that distance on my old pot bc the split shaft part is longer on the new CTS pot. The CTS pot came with two nuts, a thick and a thin, I had the thick nut installed... now the thin nut looks a bit better, but the original nut that came with the guitar is much thinner. Can’t use it though bc its inner diameter is smaller. Now, I believe the new knob will definitely fit bc this pot’s split shaft is taller. Also, bc StewMac’s site says its knob leaves a small space between its bottom and the guitar face. Going to order two 6mm knobs and another CTS split shaft pot tomorrow, but will read any replies here first. |
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Post by frets on May 24, 2020 10:19:20 GMT -5
Unreg,
I’m glad to hear you have this dilemma solved. You should post a picture of the guitar when your all finished or PM me a picture. I’d love to see it.
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Post by unreg on Jun 2, 2020 14:48:17 GMT -5
Unreg, I’m glad to hear you have this dilemma solved. You should post a picture of the guitar when your all finished or PM me a picture. I’d love to see it. Thank you frets! The pot and knobs arrived yesterday but, there’s something else that needs to be done first... may take a while. I’ll definitely send you a pic when it’s all complete. This wouldn’t have been possible without everyone’s extensive instruction help! Thank you all so much! |
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There's your clue. 
AVG is also an exceptional company; you can trust them. 
Just pay attention to what's going on, and never look at a link with the attitude of "Oh, what the hell, I'll give it a lick and see what happens". This has been my modus operandi for all manner of communications via the web, not just browsing sites or doing email.
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