Description
The Solo Pro CTS potentiometers are high-quality CTS pots that are made to last. 500K pots are typically used for humbucking pickups and feature a logarithmic audio taper normally associated with volume pots.
Features
- 500K Ohms traditionally used for humbucking pickups
- Metric sizing
- Split Shaft
- Includes 1 nut and 2 washers
- Thread height: 9.5mm
- Shaft height: 20.4mm
- 18 tooth
- High quality
: Solo Pro CTS 500K-A Split Shaft Audio Taper Potentiometer – Metric
: SL-CTS-A500MM
: 842561005854
: 842561005854
kenoakee (verified buyer) –
Purchased 8 and tested them when they arrived. They all had very poor taper. They behaved more like linear taper. However their values were all +/- 8.
djparent (verified buyer) –
Tbh I didn’t even know metric CTS pots existed until I saw these! They’re a fantastic upgrade if you own an import guitar with crappy metric pots and want to keep the original knobs (without modifying them to fit imperial).
My specific purpose for these was replacing the old crappy dime pots on a China made Hagstrom while keeping the original metric knobs, which look great. For that they were perfect. The taper on mine are absolutely fine, they work as a type-A taper should.
sniv9 (verified buyer) –
Everybody knows (or ought to know), that CTS pots are pretty well the best available. CTS pots have been the de facto standard in most higher end (USA and Japanese) guitars since 50 years or longer – and for good reason! CTS pots tend to always be the most reliable, durable, and trouble-free. Bourns pots are very highly regarded too, but I personally tend to stick with CTS. Many of my guitars have their original CTS pots still in them, and the pots continue to work perfectly. Every 12 – 18 months I might need to give them a shot of Deoxit D5, but that’s no biggie.
I luv, luv, luv these METRIC CTS pots for replacing the typical sub-par pots that come factory-installed in most import guitars. It’s nice n’ convenient to replace pots without having to muss n’ fuss with reaming pickguard holes to accommodate (larger) USA imperial-sized pots. Reaming out holes isn’t a big deal on a plastic Strat pickguard, but it does require the correct tool and skill to do so on an Epiphone Sheraton, an Epiphone Casino, or an Epiphone Les Paul (or similar import guitars). With these CTS jobbies, you get the same great “full-sized” CTS pot quality, but in metric. For years, if you needed to replace a metric sized pot, you would either have to enlarge the existing holes in your guitar, or you’d have to stick with cheaper Alpha pots, or some other no-name piece of junk. Thank God, that is no longer the case – these metric sized CTS pots are a God send.
Thanks very much, SOLO, for keeping these in stock!
danny2480 (verified buyer) –
Excellent quality, love em