CTS Pots - Hugely disappointing or?..

Winny_Pooh

Bourns are lovely, the low friction is very cool. They just dont like too much soldering iron heat on the casings. 

OilCityPickups

Winny_Pooh said:

Bourns are lovely, the low friction is very cool. They just dont like too much soldering iron heat on the casings. 

You need a huge tool like mine




150w 13mm tip ... 

Seriously ... lots of heat but applied for a short time therefor super low thermal transfer/ 

Kittyfrisk

OilCityPickups said:

Winny_Pooh said:

Bourns are lovely, the low friction is very cool. They just dont like too much soldering iron heat on the casings. 

You need a huge tool like mine




150w 13mm tip ... 

Seriously ... lots of heat but applied for a short time therefor super low thermal transfer/ 

Also good to see old library shelf dividers having new useful lives 

humps.b

Related to the above, I think I fried a new CTS pot yesterday, unless it was already busted. Tone pot seems to work as expected from 10 down to 3, then jumps back up to full

The 250k log volume pot taper is a bit severe. 10 down to 8 does nothing, then pretty much all happens between 7 and 6! I've had log volume pots before that are a lot smoother (mostly alphas)

bertie

Winny_Pooh said:

Bourns are lovely, the low friction is very cool. They just dont like too much soldering iron heat on the casings. 

I need to put new pots on me Morgan..................... just had a shufty at these................£48 for a single pot ? fookin hell

so as CTS now seem to not be the pot of choice,  Alpha it is then

EDIT  -  ah thats the price for the premium version............. still a lot of wonga for a pot tho

found some standard long shafts a nadge under a tenner each (guitar mania)  - any other suggestions ?

Kurtis

OilCityPickups said:

I now no longer recommend CTS pots - Alpha or Bourns are what I fit these days. 

I used bourns for my amp and they seem really good. Not tried them for guitar. 

Kurtis

bertie said:

Winny_Pooh said:

Bourns are lovely, the low friction is very cool. They just dont like too much soldering iron heat on the casings. 

I need to put new pots on me Morgan..................... just had a shufty at these................£48 for a single pot ? fookin hell

so as CTS now seem to not be the pot of choice,  Alpha it is then

EDIT  -  ah thats the price for the premium version............. still a lot of wonga for a pot tho

found some standard long shafts a nadge under a tenner each (guitar mania)  - any other suggestions ?

Lots of these components can be much more expensive for the more popular sizes. Don't know if it's that?
Mine weren't cheap, but not £48!!

wrinkleygit

If you’re worried about too much heat when soldering to the pot casing, slip a ring terminal over the pot shaft and solder to that, use something similar to these, bin the plastic bit and if needed you can split the ring and open up the hole hole to make it a U shape. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hanibos-Terminals-Connectors-Insulated-12-10AWG/dp/B0CKZ1FW7Z/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?crid=3MAKCBBX9SPDF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.rt8aNznHPZs56aTYQFyfY99zA55dtzrSyWB9iJS87yMDlumavd3Yn-APtQSrqjsJvBJrJ2R8v5BCd4t8iHH-PHsdZ9W_JGp_qesAuFiXFt4lBtBjo-2kI0kHze8eQ9phVOIDibfo50049JbJTbHLXxl33wSWkMOKgjdfJXhWDQDofJFz100QCThQu74Vq9ipqmU0XnGOFF7t9y9aBCY_lQ.CLgi6yl-Dz79WBDFoBEldkDf0W1idq2xesO9oDnZtsM&dib_tag=se&keywords=crimp+connectors+yellow+ring&qid=1709288708&sprefix=yellow+crimp+ring%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRm&psc=1

rossi

Hardly surprising, you can find them in  Zepplins ....probably

bertie

Kurtis said:

bertie said:

Winny_Pooh said:

Bourns are lovely, the low friction is very cool. They just dont like too much soldering iron heat on the casings. 

I need to put new pots on me Morgan..................... just had a shufty at these................£48 for a single pot ? fookin hell

so as CTS now seem to not be the pot of choice,  Alpha it is then

EDIT  -  ah thats the price for the premium version............. still a lot of wonga for a pot tho

found some standard long shafts a nadge under a tenner each (guitar mania)  - any other suggestions ?

Lots of these components can be much more expensive for the more popular sizes. Don't know if it's that?
Mine weren't cheap, but not £48!!

managed to find some 500k audio with long shaft.......... at RS for about £4 each -  just so happens the depot is a couple of miles down the road.................... 3 other suppliers wanted £12 shipping !!