The Art of Tone
CTS TAOT 525k Potentiometer - Short Shaft, 5% Tolerance
CTS TAOT 525k Potentiometer - Short Shaft, 5% Tolerance
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Unparalleled Performance
Experience unparalleled performance with the CTS TAOT 525k Potentiometer, designed for guitar enthusiasts seeking precision and quality. This short-shaft potentiometer features a resistance of 525k Ohms, offering an extra edge to your humbucker pickups and enhancing high-end clarity. With a tight ±5% tolerance, these pots guarantee consistent values between ~500k and ~550k, ensuring reliable tone every time. Perfect for both tone and volume controls, the audio taper provides smooth adjustments that mimic human sound perception.
Durability and Ease of Use
Built for durability and ease of use, this pot includes a split, fine-knurled shaft compatible with standard US knobs (import knobs will not fit). The short brass bushing fits control plates and thinner top woods like SGs, Strats, and some Les Pauls. Each pot comes with essential hardware:
- Two nuts
- A dress washer
- A lock washer for secure installation
Clear stamping eliminates guesswork—know your specs at a glance without external metering.
Compatibility
Ideal for Gibson models (Les Pauls, SGs, Explorers) and Fender guitars with humbucker setups (HSS or HH), this potentiometer is versatile yet specific in its application. Ensure compatibility by checking your guitar’s mounting hole size (requires 3/8" diameter) and bushing height before purchasing. Import guitars may need modifications to fit these pots.
Upgrade Your Guitar
Upgrade your guitar’s electronics today with the CTS TAOT 525k Potentiometer—crafted to deliver superior tone and reliability for every performance!
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Great service!! Perfect pots and on the money!!!!
Not my first time, I bought some a year or two ago for a 2H Strat project. It turned out great. I haven't wired the latest setup yet, but they tested 3@ 520+, 12 517K, on my FLUKE meter at room temp. A far cry from what you get with 500K pots with a ten or twenty percent tolerance. My experience has been with 250K pots (Teles & Strats) over the past four decades, somewhere, I have a ziplock baggie full of pots marked 250K, many under 200, a lot 210 to 218. That isn't close enough for good tone. Those were not from The Art Of Tone.
These pots consistently measure at 525k + and are a true 10% audio taper. They're the only pots available on the market with both specs. VIPots have been on backorder for years now and these CTS manufactured pots are a much better quality.
They're not low torque like some other custom CTS pots, but that can be easily remedied with electrical contact cleaner before installation. It's much harder to add the heavy grease inside the pot than flush it out.
These TAoT CTS custom pots will be going in all of my Gibson historic reissue guitars!
The pots arrived in new condition and work perfectly - I upgraded the electronics in my fab Gibson SG and the improvement is noticeable - thanks!
Rock Solid, good quality. I use these a lot in my Strat Builds.