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03-25-2011, 10:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greeneville, Tennessee | | | Which pots should I use my Fender Jazz?
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Should I use split or solid shaft?
Last edited by HeavyDuty : 03-26-2011 at 06:57 AM.
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03-26-2011, 09:20 AM
|  | Sometimes it's one more note than what was needed! | | | | | Brand: CTS, they're just the best. The Fender pots by CTS don't seem to be as nice of quality. I would buy after market CTS pots from a reputable dealer.
Solid shaft seem to be better and stand up to more use. Split shaft always seem to give out first.
I think the choice would be on the knobs,
push on (split shaft)
or
set screw (solid shaft)
Good luck, Steve
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03-26-2011, 03:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greeneville, Tennessee | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by low2groove Brand: CTS, they're just the best. The Fender pots by CTS don't seem to be as nice of quality. I would buy after market CTS pots from a reputable dealer.
Solid shaft seem to be better and stand up to more use. Split shaft always seem to give out first.
I think the choice would be on the knobs,
push on (split shaft)
or
set screw (solid shaft)
Good luck, Steve | Thanks, there's split shafts on there now and it had strat knobs. I switched back to factory knobs, so I need cts 250k solid shafts? |
03-26-2011, 04:09 PM
| | | | Yup. |
03-26-2011, 05:32 PM
|  | Tuxedo BassŪ - That's Me! | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hamilton, Montana | | | I have set screw knobs on split shafts - so that's not the criteria to use for buying one shaft design over another.
If you've had the unfortunate experience to have some OE pots actually fail, then the CTS is a very good choice. |
03-26-2011, 09:16 PM
| | Sometimes it's one more note than what was needed! | | | | | Actually the general criteria is set screw on solid shaft and push on for split shaft, thats exactaly what they were made for...
BUT...
I also use set screw knobs on splits shafts and I add a thin spline of metal or hard wood in the split to keep them from closing up over time. You can also align the set screw directly on the split line but that can also wear over time.
As I said previous, solid shaft wear better in the long run.
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03-27-2011, 05:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greeneville, Tennessee | | | Thanks for the advice. I'll be ordering some shortly. |
03-27-2011, 05:52 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Close to Los Angeles, CA | | | Split shaft pots can be converted to solid shafts with a brass tube. |
03-27-2011, 08:52 PM
| | | | right, but you still need to either fill the split with something, or align the set screw to tighten into the split, to prevent the screw from just collapsing the two halves of the split shaft.
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03-27-2011, 08:54 PM
| | | | (to the OP) as for the pots, i'd recommend linear volumes, but that's a different discussion (one which we've had a million times here on talkbass, it's worth a search or two).
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