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James J · Post by **James J** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:56 pm

I want to swap the pots in these guitars for 500k ones. I bought a set of CTS ones and the shafts are to big to go through the control plate. Are the original pots minis? Or are they something different that I am overlooking?

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:14 am

You could use a reamer to widen the holes in the control plate, if you don't want to return the set you have.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:24 am

I widened the holes with a HSS drill bit.

James J · Post by **James J** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:15 am

i dont want to make holes in the control plate bigger, so im guessing they are minis?

astro · Post by **astro** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:17 am

Get smaller pots. Problem solved.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:31 am

when ever i have to make the holes bigger on my plates i use a hand drill and a counter sink bit. all you gotta do is counter sink out the top and then counter sink out the back and you can adjust your hole to the exact fit. so much so that you can actually thread the pot right onto the plate.

i stock pots aren't mini pots, they are metric though. CTS pots are bigass pots.

if you ever take a pot out of a epiphone you will see really small mini pots

Justin J · Post by **Justin J** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:03 am

use alpha brand pots. they fit perfectly in asian-made guitars.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:30 pm

If you really want those pots you'll have to either drill the old plate or buy a new one, and get new knobs too (AV or MXR style ones with a set-screw).

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:30 pm

Fran wrote:I widened the holes with a HSS drill bit.

What's HSS? High Strength Steel?

I like Uni-bits, they are really cool.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:49 pm

Joey wrote:
Fran wrote:I widened the holes with a HSS drill bit.
What's HSS? High Strength Steel?

I like Uni-bits, they are really cool.

High Speed Steel. They cut fast but you need a pilot hole.

aen · Post by **aen** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:45 am

Justin J wrote:use alpha brand pots. they fit perfectly in asian-made guitars.

ANd pedals.

I opened all the CP offests I had though, and they ahd the fucking giant dinosaur bigfoot alien pots. WATCH OUT!

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:50 am

my ibanez came with those alpha mini-pots. they're great. really smooth and solid feeling. easily as good as any larger sized pots.

Post by **Mike** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:16 am

You can get larger alpha pots though, they all have 7mm shafts though I believe.

iCEByTes · Post by **iCEByTes** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:36 pm