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We at West Labs call these pots the Worlds Best Because we don't believe you can purchase pots of this quality off the shelf anywhere else. They are a 53C3/RV4 Style Conductive Plastic Pot: Mil Spec, 2 Watt, and sealed. We have these pots custom built for us by Clarostat, in large quantities, and sell them to a number of quality boutique amplifier manufacturers and hobbyists around the world. West Laboratories continues to meet all your quality parts needs. 

( See pot dimensions at the bottom of this page )

Linear Taper vs Audio Taper

 

 
  Value   Taper   Single Lot    Mixed 10  Mixed 50
        5K Linear       $11.00         $9.50       $7.50
      25K Linear       $11.00         $9.50       $7.50
    250K Linear       $11.00         $9.50       $7.50
    250K  Audio       $15.00       $12.50      $10.00
    500K  Audio       $15.00       $12.50      $10.00
       1M  Audio       $15.00       $12.50      $10.00
 
Each Pot ships with one lock washer and TWO nuts!
 

 


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We Furnish ONE LOCK WASHER and TWO NUTS with each Pot we sell. This section is for people that want to order EXTRA nuts and lock washers !!!

        10 Pieces - Pot Nuts         $1.99

        10 Pieces Lock Washers   $2.49

        50 Pieces - Pot Nuts             $4.49   

        50 Pieces Lock Washers   $5.49

      250 Pieces - Pot Nuts         $12.49  

      250 Pieces Lock Washers $14.99

    1000 Pieces - Pot Nuts          $39.99 

    1000 Pieces Lock Washers $59.99

 

( All Nuts are  3/8"-32 x 1/2" Hex  Nickel Plated Brass )

Potentiometer Nut - Pot Nut - Potentiometer Lock Washer
Potentiometer Nuts - Pot Nuts - Potentiometer Lock Washers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linear Taper vs Audio Taper

A 1 Meg Audio Taper Pot and an 1 Meg Linear Taper Pot will both have all values between 0 ohms and 1,000,000 ohms distributed along their rotation.  Any value that can be set on one pot can be set on the other! The difference is the way the resistance is DISTRIBUTED along the rotation.  The Linear Taper Pot will have the resistance distributed equally along the rotation of the pot with the middle point in the rotation showing half the resistance.  The Audio Taper Pot will have the resistance more "Bunched at one end" and will be logarithmically distributed along the rotation.  Audio Taper Pots tend to be used for volume controls and SOME tone controls, because as you turn the knob up they give a more natural feeling for volume vs position.  On the rest of the tone controls they tend to be at the discretion of the designer's taste etc.  I believe that EVERY pot you will ever find on a guitar will be Audio Taper as they basically consist of volume controls and treble cut controls.  Here is a graphic to show you the concept in visual form.   

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


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