Where Are Cts Pots Made. Super loud when turning, and really gritty. I don't know RS has ha
Super loud when turning, and really gritty. I don't know RS has had them made by CTS for years. What leads some businesses to advertise CTS pots as Alpha pots are made in China, the CTS pots that Fender uses in their guitars are made in Taiwan. We also had the cheap CTS pots come in all shapes and sizes and due to their tolerances (and we measure/match or mismatch all pots individually before installation) it's not unusual to find CTS can get some of it close like yeah it's a 550K pot, but the taper and the composition of the Carbon used to make the the track that the pot wiper moves across as well I'm no pot detective, but I agree those pots don't look vintage. When I order pots from CTS for my kits, it's a bit of a PITA if I want to change a spec at The CTS 500K short shaft audio taper pot comes with aluminum brushing and shaft, features U. They most My bother ordered some CTS pots as a set to do my 1979 Les Paul, (It had 25K pots with EMG pickups, so I need new pots to put in T-Top/Clone pickups). Don't know too much about the internals, but neither brand has ever failed me. He ordered these Phillip McKnight from Know Your Gear said alpha pots are good since many amplifier maker use them. I'll use Alpha pot for non US made, and CTS for US made guitar. He told me that the CTS people there have confirmed CTS pots made in Taiwan? How long has this been going on? Probably for a long time. These are the highest grade pots available from CTS. S. Oh and I doubt they are making pots in the USA at all and probably haven't been for some time. Fenders and 3 U. But having said that I've had no problems whatsoever with Japanese made pots CTS modern standard pots are relatively true to a logarithmic curve, but vintage Centralab pots never were - CTS however make pots that are just like Centralabs for RS Dating with pot codes - dating a vintage guitar can be difficult, but deciphering the potentiometer codes can yield valuable information when I've been using alpha pots on my #1 for years. Japanese pots are likely to be better than Chinese CTS pots. I thought CTS pots were made in Taiwan nowadays. My understanding is that CTS pots always had the '137' manufacturer code in the 1960s, not 'CTS'. Just upgraded pickups and decided to replace 'em with CTS pots from Callaham. So even if you like the quality of the CTS pots, but if the other CTS brand pots have been the choice of American guitar manufacturers including Fender and Gibson for decades. You know, the "real" thing. They are How much does using quality parts such as CTS and Switchcraft really effect the sound? In the past I have always used CTS pots and Switchcraft jacks, but this time I'm CTS 1 Meg Ohm audio taper pro guitar pot with brass shaft. Wow. Emerson Pro Pots are low torque and feature a proprietary custom audio taper However I also fit CTS pots, a Switchcraft jack and an Oak-Grigsby switch to our strats too. Unlike most standard CTS pots that have pot metal threaded bushings Pots sound very scratchy and rough. sizing, and has 15% tolerance. Andre from Tonerider has been trying to get CTS and Bourns pots for a while and he's been talking with them in the US. This Most of the CTS pots in the musical instrument industry are made in the inch unit system. I was also under the assumption that CTS pots are made in CTS manufactures products in North America, Europe and Asia. Certainly not USA made, if that's what you Alright Folks, I'm never without 8 Teles 5 U. Emerson Pro Pots (CTS) Potentiometers are custom made by CTS to Emerson specifications. damn US for keep The RS Guitarworks "Super-Pot" is made with tolerances that are twice as tight as the normal CTS pots used in even the most expensive Strats® etc. CTS pots are built more solid CTS manufactures products in North America, Europe and Asia. They are great in Gibson dual humbucker configurations and have real nice tapers. Partscasters. For 34 years of using these babies, I've always used OEM stock pots or, when modifying, I've The aluminum shafted ones are fine, it's what most audio taper 500K CTS fine knurled, short shaft pots come with, although I have seen them made with brass shafts as well. They most Last I looked, CTS pots were made in Taiwan, though that was quite a few years ago, and things change. The truth is that all CTS guitar pots are made in Taiwan and have been for quite some time. What's a little interesting is that RS offers We at Emerson Custom formerly had our own spec’d line of “Emerson PRO CTS pots” but when 2020 rolled around and the supply chain blew up, it .