Need help stacking my pots

[Ale the Snail]

Played a Flea Jazz Bass the other day, really dug it and liked the stacked pots alot.
I'd rather get stacked pots for my Geddy Lee than dish out 1600 bucks for a Fender Flea.
I see best bass gear sells a stacked pot kit but I feel like I can do better than 120 bucks if I could find the parts online.
Anyone know a site that sells the control plate, knobs and pots?
Thanks!

 

[Crater]

Allparts, MojoTone and of course Stewart-MacDonald, all guitar electronics supply places. There's probably others but those are the ones I know of off the top of my head.

 

[ofajen]

Basspartsresource.com sells the Fender 62 Jazz parts for about $92 plus shipping. Plate is $20, knobs are $44 (2x$22) and pots are $28 (2x$14). I've ordered other stacked knobs and pots from them to install stacked mid-cut and standard tones in two passive basses. Those parts are a little cheaper and I didn't need a new control plate for either one.

Otto

 

[farace]

Is this the right pot? Been buying from Angela Instruments for years, since they used to put out a big funky newsprint catalog loaded with attitude.

Fender Jazz Bass Dual 500K/250K Pot 0019268049

And the plate?

Fender USA '60s Vintage Stack Knob Style Chrome Concentric Jazz Bass Three Hole Control Plate 0992055000.

 

[honeyiscool]

If you go on eBay right now, there's this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/920D-Fender...aded-Concentric-Control-Plate-CTS-Switchcraft

Fully assembled for $59.99. Uses CTS pots and Switchcraft jack.

 

[Ale the Snail]

You might think you have two separate tone controls, but in reality (unless there's a switch to solo the pickups) the two treble cut values will be summed, creating an overall treble cut instead of separate treble cut for each pickup.

If you want to do it that way, keep the original controls plate & add a 3-way switch:

Here's how it's done on a Telecaster:

and one of of TB member's RIC:

No.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Well, I can tell you that it might not do what you think it will. The treble cut part of the pots will not be independent of one another.
There is a way it can, but it needs a specific wiring scheme & at least one of the pickup's volume would need to be turned down from 100% at least a little.

I know these aren't stacked/concentric, but the concept remains true, where you feed from volume to the capacitor.
In this way if one or both volumes are turned down a little, you have more independent control of the treble cut for each pickup.

TL/DR:

What I'm saying is, wired that way when you turn down the treble for the bridge pickup, it also turns down the treble for the neck pickup. They're not independent like you might expect.
Frankly I'm surprised Fender would wire something up like this & wonder if they explained to Michael what I'm explaining to you now.

 

[Ale the Snail]

Well, I can tell you that it might not do what you think it will. The treble cut part of the pots will not be independent of one another.
There is a way it can, but it needs a specific wiring scheme & at least one of the pickup's volume would need to be turned down from 100% at least a little.

I know these aren't stacked/concentric, but the concept remains true, where you feed from volume to the capacitor.
In this way if one or both volumes are turned down a little, you have more independent control of the treble cut for each pickup.

TL/DR:

What I'm saying is, wired that way when you turn down the treble for the bridge pickup, it also turns down the treble for the neck pickup. They're not independent like you might expect.
Frankly I'm surprised Fender would wire something up like this & wonder if they explained to Michael what I'm explaining to you now.

Thats exactly what I'm looking for though

 

[Mike neph]

I played one at my local store and the bottom knobs on both of the two stacks clicked into place everytime you turned them like they had detents all the way around under the knob and clicked about ten times from full open to tone down. are they all like this? they only had one on the wall and the sales guy didnt know, but id love to put these same knobs into my own jazz bass.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I hope this helps:

This is how I stack my pots!

 

[Snaxster]

I hope this helps:

This is how I stack my pots!

Finally! I resisted, but I knew that someone would do it. Thank you.

 

[Hopkins]

Yes you can do better than $120

Pots 10 bucks each
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Control plate 25 bucks
Amazon.com: Fender Vintage-Style 3-Hole Jazz Bass Control Plate - Chrome: Musical Instruments

Knobs $40

American Vintage 62 Jazz Bass upper control knob - Best Bass Gear
American Vintage 62 Jazz Bass lower control knob - Best Bass Gear

Then your in another 10 bucks for a jack and capacitors.

You can get by cheaper with different pots and knobs. The stuff I posted is genuine stuff.