One (1X) CTS 500K Audio Full Size Long, split, knurled shaft Vintage taper potentiometer.
Great choice for volume controls, superior to the standard 10% audio taper pots.
These are our TAOT CUSTOM series equivalent to CTS's high quality 450G series potentiometers made specifically for guitars
- 30% taper (vintage-style taper)
- 10% tolerance
- High quality solid brass shaft and bushing
- Flat back case
- C-Clip reinforced shaft
Pot comes with hardware - 2 nuts, lock & dress washer.
This a long shaft pot. Threaded bushing is 3/4" tall X 3/8" diameter. Shaft is 1/4" in diameter with a fine 24 tooth spline.
Requires a 3/8" mounting hole.
Pot is manufactured by CTS for The Art Of Tone - Part # TAOT-450S-500KXL-VT
While not identical these pots specifications are comparable to pots being marketed as "True Vintage Taper (TVT)" and "Super Pots"
There is a Quantity Discount on this item:
Buy 10 - 24 receive 5% off purchase price.
Buy 25+ - receive 10% off purchase price.
You will discount applied in your shopping cart.
Note:
- If you are uncertain whether your guitar uses short (3/8") or long (3/4") shaft pots. As a general rule Les Paul's built after 1977 excluding the historic reissues use long shaft potentiometers, but please double check your guitar before you order.
- If your guitar is an import it has metric pots and the openings will require modification to accommodate this pot.
- Know what you are purchasing. What does 10% tolerance mean? It means this pot spec'd to 500K pot can have a reading between 450K and 550K and be within tolerance. Many CTS pots being sold where tolerance isn't specified are actually 20% tolerance, which means a 500K pot could have a reading anywhere between 400K and 600K and be considered within tolerance.