{"id":1609,"date":"2013-12-03T11:55:50","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T10:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/axecaster.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1609"},"modified":"2014-03-05T23:51:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T22:51:13","slug":"cts-true-vintage-taper-pots-now-in-the-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axecaster.co.uk\/blog\/cts-true-vintage-taper-pots-now-in-the-store\/","title":{"rendered":"CTS True Vintage Taper pots now in the store."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from the addition last week of <a title=\"CTS 250K solid shaft audio potentiometer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.axecaster.co.uk\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=11&amp;products_id=200\" target=\"_blank\">CTS<\/a> <a title=\"CTS solid shaft 500K audio potentiometers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.axecaster.co.uk\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=11&amp;products_id=201\" target=\"_blank\">solid shaft pots<\/a> we now also have CTS True Vintage Taper pots in stock.<\/p>\n<p>Vintage guitars had pots with a different taper than the 10% now found on\u00a0 most guitars, with a more gradual sweep. Crazy Parts in Germany have had these custom made by CTS to be closer to the taper of those vintage pots and you can now get them directly from us in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>From Crazy Parts&#8217; website:<\/p>\n<p><em>-Solid Brass thread and shaft<br \/>\n-Real Bakelite Baseplate<br \/>\n-Right earbelonging* curve of 30%** (like the old ones)<br \/>\n-Low turning torque<br \/>\n-Tolerance under 10% (Standard CTS up to 20%)<br \/>\n-Flat back cover for the right look (Gibson applications and similar)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(*I&#8217;m pretty sure this is a glitch with the translation from German and should be &#8220;sounding&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>**After checking with CTS these are actually 20% taper.<\/p>\n<p>20% custom audio taper for use in both volume and tone positions, we have them available in <a title=\"CTS True Vintage Taper 250K short solid shaft pots.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.axecaster.co.uk\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=11&amp;products_id=202\" target=\"_blank\">250K short solid shaft<\/a> and 500K split <a title=\"CTS True Vintage Taper 500K medium split shaft pots\" href=\"http:\/\/www.axecaster.co.uk\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=11&amp;products_id=203\" target=\"_blank\">medium<\/a> and <a title=\"CTS True Vintage Taper long split shaft potentiometers.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.axecaster.co.uk\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=11&amp;products_id=204\" target=\"_blank\">long<\/a> shafts for you Gibson chaps.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.axecaster.co.uk\/images\/TVT250solidshort.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"CTS TVT 250K solid shaft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.axecaster.co.uk\/images\/TVT250solidshort.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.axecaster.co.uk\/images\/TVT500splitshort.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"CTS TVT split shaft 500k pots\" src=\"http:\/\/www.axecaster.co.uk\/images\/TVT500splitshort.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.axecaster.co.uk\/images\/TVT500splitlong.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"CTS TVT 500K long shaft pots\" src=\"http:\/\/www.axecaster.co.uk\/images\/TVT500splitlong.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following on from the addition last week of CTS solid shaft pots we now also have CTS True Vintage Taper pots in stock. 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