[sdiy] Parts in Slovenia

[john mahoney]

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From: "Rude 66" <r.lekx at chello.nl>
>

> ... when building ray's synth, i ordered from jameco together
> with john mahoney , and the price difference on things like pots is pretty
> big....

Yeah, and there was a little lesson in that for Ruud and me. The Sound Lab
synth uses 15 linear taper pots. Upon receiving the parts, Ruud saw
something wrong: "These are audio taper pots, marked 'B' taper, which are
practically useless to me. They should be marked 'A' taper."

What the...?! Man, was I mad. Did Jameco send me the wrong parts?! Remember,
I'm not too experienced in this stuff.

Well, now we know: A=linear and B=log in Europe, wheras the designations are
reversed in the US. (I'm saying Europe / US, but what is it, really: Old
World / New World? Everywhere but the Americas / the Americas??)

Also, the pot nuts are different over here, which was a small problem when
Ruud found himself a few nuts short. (LOL, I couldn't resist that one!!) So,
I sent him a few of our good ol' American pot nuts -- you wouldn't think
that Holland needs any more of those! -- and all was well. :-)

By the way, Jameco handles international orders. Have any of you Euros
purchased directly from them?
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PageDisplayView?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&content=help#intlordering
URL too long? Go to http://www.jameco.com/, click the "Customer Service"
link at the bottom of the page, then look for "International Ordering."
--
john