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Fender S1 250k Switch Pot.
As standard in most of Fenders USA and Deluxe guitars, Fender's groundbreaking new switching system allows players to switch pickup configurations in an instant.
The switch is visually undetectable but tonally it turns your instrument into the most versatile axe on the planet! Located in the crown of the master volume knob, one push of the switch will place your pickups in an assemblage of parallel, series and pickup-combining configurations. You can have the best of all worlds! Combine it with a Fender 5 way super switch, and you can do anything!
Part Number -0061256000 - Loose Packed Click For Diagram
Supplied with 0.022 Mylar Cap, Black Knob/Button, Nut and Washers.
Price: £25.00
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Fender No Load 250 K Split Shaft CTS Pot.
From settings 1-9 it works like a standard tone then clicks out of the circuit at 10 (full clockwise/ bright setting) removing both the pot and capacitor from the circuit, giving you true tone as output by the pickup. Clever little idea with many differant uses on a guitar.
Part Number - 099-083-2000
Supplied with 0.022 Cap, Nut and Washers.
Price: £7.00
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FenderTBX Split Shaft CTS Pot.
The TBX is a passive, split-shaft, detented 250k/1 Meg tone control which extends the treble and bass frequencies when it is turned past "5." GENUINE FENDER PART.
These things are ingenious, not just limited to fender, their a great idea on les pauls and SGs. Brillaint Tone control.
Part Number - 099-2052-000
Wiring Diagram available here.
Supplied with Caps, Knobs, Nut and Washers.
Price: £11.50
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Mini Split Shaft Alpha Pots (sold in twos.(pair))
Great little pots for use when your short on space in a control cavity. 20mm Total Shaft Length.10mm thread lenth.30mm overall
Available in A (Log) or B (Lin) 250 or 500k and A25k (for Active guitars and certain basses)
Supplied with 2 Nuts and Washer.
Price: £2.20
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Artec Sounds Concentric Solid Shaft Alpha Pots
Great little pots for use with on board effects. Combine Tone and Volume into one. Basically, two pots in one body. 1 3/4" Total Shaft Length 9MM and 6MM Shaft Width
Available in 500k
Supplied with Gold, Chrome or Black Knobs,2 Nuts and Washer.
Price: £9.00
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6 Pin Blend Aplha Pots
Artec Sound Alpha MN500k Blend Pot with Pin Terminals. Great for panning between pickups. Very Versitile Part.
Central indent is 100% from both pickups, and panning left and right decreases the output from the opposite pickup.
Available in 500k
Supplied with 2 Nuts and Washer.
Price: £3.50
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6 Terminal Blend Alpha Pots
Artec Sound Alpha A/C500k Blend Pot with Terminals. Great for panning between pickups. Very Versitile Part.
Central indent is 70% from both pickups, and panning left and right decreases the output from the opposite pickup whilst increasing the "selected" pickup.
Available in 500k
Supplied with 2 Nuts and Washer.
Price: £4.00
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Alpha Switch Pot
Alpha B500k Mains rated switch pot.
A great way to turn off active pickup circuits or amps by simply turning the volume to 0, saving power and increasing battery life.
Available in 500k
Simply connect the live wire to the A tab on the bottom, and out of the F tab, creating a simple yet effective power switch without modifying the guitars wood work.
Supplied with 2 Nuts and Washer Rated at AC/DC 200v and 7 Amps.
Price: £5.00
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4 x Chrome Pointers for Alpha Pots
Designed to fit under the nut fixing the nut down, and add a market track the progrssion of tone and volume knobs.
Price: £3.30
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12 off Alpha Or 8 off CTS pot nuts
Replacement Pot Nuts For Alpha (small.29" inner dia) or CTS (large .34" inner dia) Pots
Price: £2.30
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Quick Pot Guide
Under the scratch plate of our beloved guitars seems like a complete mine field that will send most of us running to the local guitar tech.
Hopefully, we can guide you through the basics so you know what your looking at when something needs replacing.
Lets Start with the Basics.
Logarithmic vs Linear
Linear pots(Alpha B) are generally used for volume control, and Logarithmic(alpha A) are used for Tone.
The reaon for this is that Linear pots (Alpha B) give a true represntation of the output, (so 1 on the dial is 10% of the output, 5 is 50% and 10 is 100%). This means their a good all purpose pot, that can be used on both tone and volume.
Logarithmic (alpha A) pots (or Audio Taper) are a little bit more complicated. They offer very little control from 1 - 5 (jumping for 0% to 60 or 70% very quickly. Anyone whos played a fender hotrod will know exactly what thats like, as you reach percieved maximum volume at about 4 on the dial). As a tone pot their quite handy when you consider that, from 5 to 10, your covering less ground, giving you much more control over your sound. Considering very few of us roll the tone down past 5, the trusty Logarithmic pot still has its uses when fine tuning your sound.
Oddly, Fender and Gibson use Audio Taper (log) pots for Most of their products (usually CTS) and get good results, so at the end of the day, it all comes down to what you preffer from a guitar. More control over the full range, or more control over the top/bottom end.
250K or 500K?
As a quick and easy rule of Thumb, we use this guide.
1Meg = very bright sounding
500K = bright sounding
250K = warm, vintage sounding
Problems can arrise when your running a Humbucker in the same guitar as a Single Coil, but these are the results we've found.
1Meg = bright HB, shrill SC
500K = warm HB, bright SC
250K = muddy HB, warm SC
Basically, you'll always suffer slight compromise by running single coils next to humbuckers when it comes to pots. The saving grace is that 90% of use have been to too many gigs to notice any real differance. Comes down to a litle bit of audio snobbery at the end of the day, which is never a bad thing.
Hopefully our quick guide was some help. Any questions, feel free to make Contact, and we can go into more depth.
All the Best
Craig Jackson
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