Which pots should I use my Fender Jazz?

[AHDBassist]

Should I use split or solid shaft?

 

[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

 

[AHDBassist]

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?

 

[Tommorichards]

Yup.

 

[SurferJoe46]

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.

 

[low2groove]

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.

 

[AHDBassist]

Thanks for the advice. I'll be ordering some shortly.

 

[line6man]

Split shaft pots can be converted to solid shafts with a brass tube.

 

[walterw]

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.

 

[walterw]

(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).