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I'm hot- rodding a 97 strat and I changed the electronics in it. I put all new pots in there (all 250K) that aren't Fender brand, but they are made in USA. I got Fender brand quot;aged whitequot; volume and tone knobs to go on them. After I installed the pots on the pickguard, and installed the knobs on the shafts I noticed that the knob skirts are kinda high off the pickguard. Shouldn't the skirts be very close to touching the pickguard???
Did I install the pots wrong? They have split shafts, and they came with 3 things- a washer with quot;teethquot; on it, a flat washer, and a nut. I installed them with the quot;toothedquot; washer on the shielded side and the flat washer and nut on the top side.
Did I do something wrong or is it just the way the things are made? Is there anything I can do to fix it, or should I just leave it like it is? Thanks in advance for any replies...

I've left mine but I recently resumed work on another project guitar where I'm using mini-switches and they have 2 nuts (1 under the pickguard and one on top) so you can adjust the height. Started looking for extra pot nuts but have not had any luck.

Pots should really come with two nuts so that you can adjust the height, but for some strange reason, not all of them do. I'd head down to the hardware store and see if you can find a nut that fits the pot.