Fender 62 Jazz Bass Controls

MN_Bass · #1 10-08-2009, 12:12 PM

Hi,
Does anyone know where to get the stacked controls like the ones found on a 62 fender jazz RI. I have a 01 MIA Fender Jazz, I really dig the look and whatnot. Thanks

**line6man** · #2 10-08-2009, 01:14 PM

Warmoth sells 500K dual concentrics, but I don't know off hand who sells 250Ks.

http://www.warmoth.com/Concentric-Po...S-P720C58.aspx

You do realize that the VTVT arrangement is pretty much useless though, and it will darken you tone a bit too, right?

MN_Bass · #3 10-08-2009, 04:54 PM

Thanks for the info, I didn't know that about the tone though, I really dig the look. As is darken it, are we saying it will get muddy, I usually have the S-1 switch pressed in to reduce some of the highs, If I don't have S-1 it won't make or break the deal for me.

I guess the best example of what I'm going for is the Joe Osborne Lakland, is there something special going on there with the stacked controls? Pickups?

Thanks Again

chuck3 · #4 10-08-2009, 04:58 PM

this isn't directly responsive to your question, but I've got a '62 Jazz RI that I bought in 2008. It had the stacked knobs and they worked very poorly. The stacked knobs caught on each other so that they weren't really separate in trying to use them, and they were very imprecise as controls even when you took the time to turn them the way you wanted them. I had them replaced with the 3-knob setup that is the alternative and am much happier than with the stacked. Just my experience, yours may differ.

**line6man** · #5 10-08-2009, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by chuck3

this isn't directly responsive to your question, but I've got a '62 Jazz RI that I bought in 2008. It had the stacked knobs and they worked very poorly. The stacked knobs caught on each other so that they weren't really separate in trying to use them, and they were very imprecise as controls even when you took the time to turn them the way you wanted them. I had them replaced with the 3-knob setup that is the alternative and am much happier than with the stacked. Just my experience, yours may differ.

Did you try taking off the top knob and re mounting it just a tad higher up on the shaft so that they wouldn't rub against each other, or was this an issue of the actual pot having shafts that stuck to each other?

**line6man** · #6 10-08-2009, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MN_Bass

Thanks for the info, I didn't know that about the tone though, I really dig the look. As is darken it, are we saying it will get muddy, I usually have the S-1 switch pressed in to reduce some of the highs, If I don't have S-1 it won't make or break the deal for me.

I guess the best example of what I'm going for is the Joe Osborne Lakland, is there something special going on there with the stacked controls? Pickups?

Thanks Again

The problem with having two tone controls is that any time the pickups are at equal volumes, the tones are in parallel, so whichever one is at a lower setting affects both pickups.
The only way to maintain independent control is to isolate the tones from each other with resistors, which reduces the output and treble.

lbwdog · #7 10-08-2009, 05:34 PM

Try here.. http://angela.com/fenderbassparts.aspx?page=7
They've changed their website format since I last visited so you'll have to poke around a couple of pages to find what you need. (pots, knobs, control plate, etc.)

John Wentzien · #8 10-08-2009, 05:39 PM

http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/b...wiringkits.htm

MN_Bass · #9 10-20-2009, 06:48 AM

Thanks for all info.