[sdiy] dual concentric pots?

[Blandon Ray]

The Electronic Goldmine always has a few. Of course, you'll have the
problem of limited availability (since they don't usually carry the
same thing for very long), unless you plan to use them for a one-off
project only.

Blandon


On 7/1/05, Fernando de Izuzquiza <fdi at ran.es> wrote:
> You can find dual concentric pots as electric guitar parts, but values
> are restricted to 250k+250k, 250k+500k and 500k+500k AFAIK.
> Try GuitarElectronics or similar.
> 
> Best wishes to all,
> 
> Fernando
> 
> 
> 
>  > De: "phillip m gallo" <philgallo at attglobal.net>
>  > Fecha: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:37:30 -0700
>  > Para: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>  > Asunto: RE: [sdiy] dual concentric pots?
>  >
>  > Roy,
>  >
>  > Perhaps you are referring to the old Centralab "mod-u-pot", you could
> build
>  > ganged pots add infinitum but tracking was awful, the aluminum shafts
> and
>  > extension (seated in plastic) would wear quickly making this worse in
> no
>  > time, never built one beyond four sections.
>  >
>  > I have pulled dual concentrics out of car stereo's where you can find
> a
>  > "dual" concentric with a dual audio taper and a back dual linear
> taper, but
>  > the shaft are very long so you have to seat them "way back" on your
> board
>  > and use Car Stereo knobs which look a tad funny on a modular (but
> perhaps
>  > quite hip by today's "bent" standards".  Also the value rarely exceed
> 100k.
>  >
>  > regards,
>  > p
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>  > [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Roy J. Tellason
>  > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:12 PM
>  > To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>  > Subject: Re: [sdiy] dual concentric pots?
>  >
>  >
>  > On Thursday 30 June 2005 08:14 pm, Michael Ruberto wrote:
>  >> My strange and rather confusing desires, coupled with my lust for
> ever
>  > more
>  >> panel space, have led me to the logical conclusion that I need dual
>  >> concentric pots. However, I can't seem to find any. Does anybody
> know a
>  >> source for these besides guitar shops?
>  >>
>  >> Thanks!
>  >>
>  >> M. A. Ruberto
>  >
>  > The local electronics distributor here used to carry a line of stuff
> where
>  > you
>  > could basically make up what you wanted out of parts,  that would fit
>  > together to suit replacement needs in a wide variety of different
> equipment.
>  > Since the manufacturers used *so* many different configurations it was
>  > fairly
>  > versatile.  You'd pick the pot bodies,  snap them together,  add a
> shaft,
>  > add bushings,  and so forth.  I haven't been there looking for that
> sort of
>  > thing in a number of years,  but it's possible that such stuff is
> still out
>  > there,  if you look...
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
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