No load pot

[wiscoaster]

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"He who breaks something to find out what it is has left the path of Wisdom" - Gandalf to Saruman....

ehhh ... that only applies if there's only one of the thing left in the whole wide Middle Earth. If I had two and only needed one, but needed to know how it works to use it, I'd have no problem disregarding Gandalf's advice.

 

[Brian Soto]

Fender tbx

 

[vvvmmm]

So wait, this is not a sativa vs. indica poll?

 

[franklindayala]

I would like a tone pot that has a pronounced detent when fully open. I'd like one that clicks into place instead of just subtly sitting into place. Does a pot like this exist? Is there a way to modify one I already have? Thank you so much for any help!

Stellartone tone styler

 

[erubombadil]

Found a thread on how to do it here: Invalid Link Removed haven't read through yet

Mae govannen!

Thank you so much for the help. Greatly appreciated!

 

[erubombadil]

Ned Steinberger’s JackPot does this. I don’t know if they’re still available though. I have a couple of the 500kOhm ones.

Thank you for the info

 

[erubombadil]

Just to be clear, do you specifically want a no-load pot or just a standard pot with a detent in the fully open position?

They won't sound the same. A no-load pot in the fully open position will have a rather narrow, but significant spike, probably somewhere around 2-3 kHz (precisely where will depend on the pickups). Do you want more string noise/"zing" in the fully open position? If not, you will probably be much better off with a standard pot with a detent.

Definitely looking for no load

 

[Deleted member 271037]

Definitely looking for no load

I believe Bourns offer no-load pots with a detent. I've always preferred the "feel" of CTS pots though. Bourns have a lower (physical) resistance that I personally don't like. But I can't remember ever seeing CTS no-load pots with a detent except the ones Fender used for a while, and I've only seen those installed in their instruments.

Like others have alread mentioned, you can mod a standard pot into both no-load and detent.

Btw, I just realized you needed this for the TONE pot, which makes a lot more sense to me. For some reason I thought we were talking about the VOLUME pots, hence my comments above. My mistake, sorry! I've never liked no-load VOLUME pots, far too bright/spiky for my taste.