Audio Taper Pots give you a more perceivable change in sound over the course of a full turn of your guitar knob. A lot of guitarists prefer having a wider spectrum of control over their volume and tone knobs as it can be more useful in a live scenario. An Audio Taper Pot gives you more dynamic control for volume swells, and lets you roll off your volume knob to get a cleaner guitar tone with more precision than a Linear Pot.

for greater contsistancy & accuracy and are considered by many to be more robust and reliable. - See more at: http://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/cts-500k-long-shaft-audio-taper-pot/#sthash.ujHEAaj5.dpuf
for greater contsistancy & accuracy and are considered by many to be more robust and reliable. - See more at: http://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/cts-500k-long-shaft-audio-taper-pot/#sthash.ujHEAaj5.dpu

Short shaft or long shaft?

If you're unsure whether you need short or long shaft pots for your project see the below information on some of the most popular Gibson/Epiphone models. If you're stil unsure which pots to go for then you can really go wrong wit hthe lang shafty pots. They'll fit in the majority of solid body guitars.

Short shaft - Epiphone, Tokai and the vast majority of Les Paul copies.

Long shaft - Gibson models, except those below:

Historic Reissue (R4/R5/R6/R7/R8/R9/R0)
1952-1977 Standard
1954-1977 Custom
1968-1977 Deluxe

 

Ordering multiple items from us?

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