Those Raytheons are exactly what EML used to use
BarryM
BarryM
--- In SergeModular@y..., matt wilson <sebsi23@h...> wrote:
> greetings friends!
>
> AFAIK, STS has always used harry davies knobs. i've personally had
a bit
> of a love/hate
> relationship with the little dudes over the years...sometimes i've
felt
> like i'm driving a 4x4
> with little teeny tires (or tyres for our European members), and
i'm a
> big fat guy with big
> fat fingers so there have been times it would have been nice to be
able
> to use just a finger to
> manipulate that knob....but with the davies, its tough. very tough.
> OTOH, thats why we get so
> much mileage per panel inch (whats with all the car metaphors?)
>
> hence, i've always wanted to upgrade my frequency knobs (osc,
filter,
> and dual clock, freq
> shifter, quad vco) to something bigger in buchla fashion; these
knobs,
> in my experience, get
> a lot of useage, and they don't have + and - graphics that would be
> obscured by a bigger
> knob taking up the geography. so i've been looking, and finally
today
> at a local (san diego)
> electronics shop i found the exact knobs i've been imagining, which
are
> very close to the knobs
> i've seen on some older serges:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SergeModular/files/ratheon.jpg
>
> yes, they cover the panel text. however, they feel great. its now
easy
> to adjust with just a finger as
> opposed having to use the thumb. and, something i've never noticed
> before under these circumstances:
> the bigger knob makes the pot feel "looser" b/c less energy is
required
> to turn it.....go figure!
>
> the knobs were labeled:
>
> raytheon
> control knob
> TS70-2WL-2
> 84-02
>
> $.89 each at willy's electronics 619 477 2119. they were in a
surplus
> type box.
>
> i hope this is relevant to some listmembers.
>
> matt
>
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