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I've heard a lot of people say that dime-sized pots suck. What's the difference between these and standard sized pots?

The size.

Neither suck, becasue if you can get a CTS-size (large) pot into a Nickel Sized cavity you´re god.....It all depends on what it´s going in, there are high quality and total crap to be had in both sizes. People that generally say that small pots suck have IMO no idea what they´re talking about.

OK, that makes since. I guess the most common tiny pots are from Japanese Fenders, and most people don't like the Japanese electronics for some reason.

What are some traits of cheap and crappy pots? I want to be able to tell when my tonal problems are caused by pot quality.

IMHO the difference between cheap pots and quality ones are quot;feelquot; and longevity. And the longevity part can be remedied with a good shot of Caig labs DeOxit. There wouldn't be any sound quality difference with either.


Originally Posted by LomoOK, that makes since. I guess the most common tiny pots are from Japanese Fenders, and most people don't like the Japanese electronics for some reason.

Except in their stereo systems, where for some strange reason the same pots are quot;top of the linequot;

What are some traits of cheap and crappy pots? I want to be able to tell when my tonal problems are caused by pot quality.

A good pot will be smooth, but usually quot;deliberatequot;... like a grease-packed bearing as opposed to an oil filled one (although some good pots are VERY easy to spin....they don´t sound worse, but I don´t like it when they´re almost spinning freely when the knob is on, YMMV).....The taper will be smooth (if you have the right one, they come in audio and linear taper, take a wild guess which ones you´ll probably want )...and they´ll hold up for a long time without any scratching (in the signal) or dropouts....