Smooth Potentiometers?

[hanumanlangur]

When I buy new pots, I just get whatever CTS pots are sold at the usual places. But I find that they're not all that smooth, and that some cheap Alpha pots I have feel nicer. Then I tried a custom-made fuzz pedal that my friend owns, and the pots used for the knobs are ridiculously smooth -- really, really nice. How can I get pots like these for my guitars? Does it go with the brand? And how can I identify a type of pot that will respond this way?

 

[CaughtLikeFire]

Re: Smooth Potentiometers?

When I buy new pots, I just get whatever CTS pots are sold at the usual places. But I find that they're not all that smooth, and that some cheap Alpha pots I have feel nicer. Then I tried a custom-made fuzz pedal that my friend owns, and the pots used for the knobs are ridiculously smooth -- really, really nice. How can I get pots like these for my guitars? Does it go with the brand? And how can I identify a type of pot that will respond this way?

I purchase specially-selected CTS pots from RS. they're all smooth and all in spec. Each pot is labeled with its tested resistance - the last pair of 500k pots I purchased for example were 549K and 543K.

http://www.rsguitarworks.net/rsstore/index.php?cPath=45_65

check out the "super potentiometers" on that page.


not cheap, but if you keep having to drive to the store (or pay shipping) and throw away out-of-spec pots, I think the supers are worth it.