Questions about potmeter-shaft

[jamerson_fan]

Hi

What kind of potmeter-shaft is this? (it has a strat-knob)
It's on a MIJ P/J-bass without pickguard.

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I've read there are 3 types of shafts:

1) USA split shaft (fine knurled) used on most American and Mexican guitars
2) Metric split shaft (coarse knurled) used on most Japanese and Asian guitars
3) Solid 1/4" shaft used on most Tele® guitars

Correct?

Also, can you recommend online stores that has these pots in 500k versions?

regards from
Magnus

 

[dropbass]

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[jamerson_fan]

Is it a "long shaft"-type pot?

Will this one fit:

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[Silver Blues]

Looks like a long-shaft Alpha, so #2. Plenty of places carry them, StewMac comes to mind. AllParts probably does too, I suspect that any ol' local store would have them too.

Beware though, those things are kinda fragile. I broke one into three pieces just swapping knobs

--Silvie

 

[Andyman001]

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[jamerson_fan]

Thanks for the replies.

So, can I use the CTS one I linked to, or do they have different shaft diameters?

 

[jamerson_fan]

I see the Alphas are Korean.
Are there any american/japanese pots that are direct matches/replacements?

 

[Silver Blues]

The threaded bit of the CTS pots are 3/8" too. I found this out the hard way, thankfully it was an easy fix. The shafts are a hair bigger, don't know exactly how much.

--Silvie