Christopher Caruana
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when did Gibson decide to start using 300k as the new "stock" volume pots for les pauls??
60's?
70's?
80's?
and also......why?! :33:
60's?
70's?
80's?
and also......why?! :33:
When did Gibson start using 300k volume pots in their les pauls??
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Christopher Caruana
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Re: When did Gibson star using 300k volume pots in their les pauls??
Re: When did Gibson star using 300k volume pots in their les pauls??
I think I found the answer.......around 1973 or so
Re: When did Gibson star using 300k volume pots in their les pauls??
I think I found the answer.......around 1973 or so
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Funkfingers
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Re: When did Gibson start using 300k volume pots in their les pauls??
Early Seventies is also about the same time that Gibson/Norlin introduced the five piece maple neck on Les Paul models. Changing the pot value would have compensated to some extent for the extra brightness contributed by the maple compared to mahogany.
Early Seventies is also about the same time that Gibson/Norlin introduced the five piece maple neck on Les Paul models. Changing the pot value would have compensated to some extent for the extra brightness contributed by the maple compared to mahogany.
AudioWonderland
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Re: When did Gibson start using 300k volume pots in their les pauls??
When they became cheaper than the 500k version....
When they became cheaper than the 500k version....
Falloffthebonetone
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Re: When did Gibson start using 300k volume pots in their les pauls??
Yeah I was gonna say. The 70s is where gibson started making the changes, like the 5 piece maple necks and the new headstock joint was different too. They wound the pickups all differently too. This was also the time the Les Paul returned because of popular demand after being discontinued in 1960. I guess its only natural Gibson decided to make some changes to the original design. So that's likely when they changed the pots.
Yeah I was gonna say. The 70s is where gibson started making the changes, like the 5 piece maple necks and the new headstock joint was different too. They wound the pickups all differently too. This was also the time the Les Paul returned because of popular demand after being discontinued in 1960. I guess its only natural Gibson decided to make some changes to the original design. So that's likely when they changed the pots.
Falloffthebonetone
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Re: When did Gibson start using 300k volume pots in their les pauls??
Yeah but then you gotta wonder why they kept them around with the full sized ones.
Re: When did Gibson start using 300k volume pots in their les pauls??
Because they buy in the tens of thousands is why.
Because they buy in the tens of thousands is why.
