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It's good, with just a small misgiving that niggles
It's a pot - what's there to say? Actually a fait bit.
I love Bareknuckle pickups, have a bunch of them, hand wound in Devon & have had a lot of contact with Tim way back in the early days. Great company and wonderful attention to detail.
Which brings me to this pot. 280k is just perfect for a strat imho - brings out a good deal of treble sparkle in the instrument which is somewhat tamed with a 250K pot (which could be a significantly less given pot tolerances). And this CTS pot adapted to Bareknuckle specs comes in right on the mark. Good turning resistance; neither too loose of too stiff for my tastes.
Now for the custom audio taper. It does a fair bit on the last bit of the turn of the pot (compared to an old 280K potentiometer I had, which got so scratchy that it couldn't be "repaired" with contact cleaner & had to go to that great potentiometer resting place in the sky). No issue with that top of the range taper; I've gotten used to it.
But I do have an niggle. Just as Joe Perkins had noticed, my pot is also silent on "1" rather than "0". This means that the 0 to 100% volume range doesn't go from 0 to 10 on the knob but from 1 to 10. So essentially 90% on the knob travel is effective, rather than 100%.
"Now", I hear you say, "Tremblox you are splitting hairs again. A volume pot is infinitely adjustable. The volume you get just depends on how finely you can twist the #*€+ thing!"
And I'd say that you are absolutely right. But it seems so strange to me that a company like Bareknuckle would define an audio taper from 1 to 10, rather than 0 to 10. And if Bareknuckle wouldn't, then it would perhaps point to a CTS quality issue. Questions, questions.
Perhaps all of this is academic. It seems like a good pot. The value is perfect for my strat. The volume taper is something I will absolutely get used to, ( I mean, how often do you play with your guitar volume on "1" anyway??). We'll see how long it lasts before it gets to crackle - hopefully many years down the road.
i think it's worth buying this for a passive strat based on it's total resistance value alone. So I would recommend it.
And Thomann, if you're listening perhaps you could consider stocking the VIPot product for the fetishists amongst us? I'm surely not alone.
I love Bareknuckle pickups, have a bunch of them, hand wound in Devon & have had a lot of contact with Tim way back in the early days. Great company and wonderful attention to detail.
Which brings me to this pot. 280k is just perfect for a strat imho - brings out a good deal of treble sparkle in the instrument which is somewhat tamed with a 250K pot (which could be a significantly less given pot tolerances). And this CTS pot adapted to Bareknuckle specs comes in right on the mark. Good turning resistance; neither too loose of too stiff for my tastes.
Now for the custom audio taper. It does a fair bit on the last bit of the turn of the pot (compared to an old 280K potentiometer I had, which got so scratchy that it couldn't be "repaired" with contact cleaner & had to go to that great potentiometer resting place in the sky). No issue with that top of the range taper; I've gotten used to it.
But I do have an niggle. Just as Joe Perkins had noticed, my pot is also silent on "1" rather than "0". This means that the 0 to 100% volume range doesn't go from 0 to 10 on the knob but from 1 to 10. So essentially 90% on the knob travel is effective, rather than 100%.
"Now", I hear you say, "Tremblox you are splitting hairs again. A volume pot is infinitely adjustable. The volume you get just depends on how finely you can twist the #*€+ thing!"
And I'd say that you are absolutely right. But it seems so strange to me that a company like Bareknuckle would define an audio taper from 1 to 10, rather than 0 to 10. And if Bareknuckle wouldn't, then it would perhaps point to a CTS quality issue. Questions, questions.
Perhaps all of this is academic. It seems like a good pot. The value is perfect for my strat. The volume taper is something I will absolutely get used to, ( I mean, how often do you play with your guitar volume on "1" anyway??). We'll see how long it lasts before it gets to crackle - hopefully many years down the road.
i think it's worth buying this for a passive strat based on it's total resistance value alone. So I would recommend it.
And Thomann, if you're listening perhaps you could consider stocking the VIPot product for the fetishists amongst us? I'm surely not alone.
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Für ein wenig mehr Höhen....
Ich habe dieses Poti eingebaut um ein etwas älteres kratzendes zu ersetzten und wegen dem etwas höheren 280-ohm Wert ein wenig mehr "frische" in meine Strat zu bekommen. Leichtgängig ist es...aber leider hielt es nicht so lange und fing auch nach ein paar Wochen an zu "kunspern". Da ich nichts von "kontaktspray Reparaturen" halte (in der Regel hält das auch nicht lange und wird nur schlimmer..) musste ich es wieder ausbauen und habe jetzt teure Dunlop 250 Pots drinnen, die ewig halten sollen....das tun sie auch. Leider für Thomann diese Poti nicht....
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Funktionieren gut, sie sind mir aber ein bisschen zu leichtgängig und minimal wackelig. Keine große Sache. Das mehr an Höhen durch die 280K würde ich nur im direkten Vergleich hören. Generell finde ich es aber gut, wenn Hersteller von den traditionellen Werten abweichen. Die Zeiten wo eine Tafel Schokolade immer 100 Gramm wiegt sind vorbei.
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Das Quäntchen mehr...
...an Offenheit / Höhen und Output bei Singlecoils / Goldfoil Pickups.
Sehr gute Regelkurve und ich werde da wieder zugreifen.
Sehr gute Regelkurve und ich werde da wieder zugreifen.
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Meine Lieblingspotis - vor allem für Noiseless Singlecoils
Habe die BK 280K Potis ausprobiert, da ich meine Pacifica auf durchweg Noiseless Singlecoils von Dimarzio umgebaut habe. Da die Pickups durch die Brummunterdrückung etwas an Brillianz in den Höhen verlieren, wollte ich Potentiometer im Bereich von 300K verwenden, um durch den höheren Widerstand etwas mehr Höhen auf dem Weg durch die Elektronik zu konservieren, was mit den 280K Potis von Bare Knuckle wunderbar gelingt.
Diese Potis sind die ersten, die einen wirklich voll benutzbaren Regelweg (Taper) haben, sei es als Volume- oder Tone-Poti verwendet. Kein anderer Poti kommt für mich an diesen Taper, vor allem als Ton-Poti ran.
Die Toleranzen bei der Widerstandswerten halten sich allesamt im Rahmen der angegebenen 280 kOhm.
Für alle, die ihrer Noiseless Singlecoils mehr Brillianz abgewinnen wollen absolut zu empfehlen.
Diese Potis sind die ersten, die einen wirklich voll benutzbaren Regelweg (Taper) haben, sei es als Volume- oder Tone-Poti verwendet. Kein anderer Poti kommt für mich an diesen Taper, vor allem als Ton-Poti ran.
Die Toleranzen bei der Widerstandswerten halten sich allesamt im Rahmen der angegebenen 280 kOhm.
Für alle, die ihrer Noiseless Singlecoils mehr Brillianz abgewinnen wollen absolut zu empfehlen.
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