DIY'ers--good price & selection of push/pull pots

[duhvoodooman]

EDIT 3/8/11: NOT RECOMMENDED! I ordered two of these, and when they arrived, I found that they are PC-mount pins-style lugs, not solder lugs. Additionally, they don't have a knurled shaft, so they don't fit typical guitar control knobs. NOT SUITABLE FOR GUITAR CONTROLS!

I recently noticed that a place where I buy a lot of my pedal building parts is now stocking push/pull pots at a very attractive price: $2.65 each. If you've bought these at Stew-Mac ($9) or (hopefully not) Musician's Friend ($14), then you know how cheap this price is. Alpha brand pots, so you know the quality/reliability should be reasonably good. Check 'em out:

http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=619

The only drawback I've noticed with Small Bear is that they can be a little slow--it often takes a week or so to get an order from them, and they're only 150 miles from me. But if you don't need them for a "rush job", you can save a lot of coin....

 

[tunghaichuan]

I recently noticed that a place where I buy a lot of my pedal building parts is now stocking push/pull pots at a very attractive price: $2.65 each. If you've bought these at Stew-Mac ($9) or (hopefully not) Musician's Friend ($14), then you know how cheap this price is. Alpha brand pots, so you know the quality/reliability should be reasonably good. Check 'em out:

http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=619

The only drawback I've noticed with Small Bear is that they can be a little slow--it often takes a week or so to get an order from them, and they're only 150 miles from me. But if you don't need them for a "rush job", you can save a lot of coin....

Cool, thanks for the heads up. Bookmarked. :dude

 

[kiteman]

Have you seen the pots at GFS?

http://www.guitarfetish.com/Full-Sized-500K-Pot--Chose-from-Linear-or-Audio-Taper_p_274.html

 

[tunghaichuan]

Aw crap, sorry that didn't work out.

Don't feel bad, I've done the same thing when ordering from Mouser. Sometimes the part has to be in front of me before I know if it will work out or not.

 

[duhvoodooman]

You couldn't really see the lug style to well in the photo, but I really should have noticed that the pot didn't have a knurled shaft! :thwap :reallymad: