The Steel Guitar Forum

One of the things that we at Goodrich have noticed is that there is a much as a 30 degree increase in rotation of the Dunlop-like pots over the original AB pots (superseded by the Clarostat and PEC's). Because of the mechanical limitation of the pedal in regards to travel, we are experimenting with new pot collars that will allow us to use all of the rotation. I have to give my partner- Kevin Ryan- kudos for assembling each pedal to get as much rotation as possible from each pot. One might think that everything should go together exactly the same but we are finding there is a great amount of variability when it comes to the setup and Kevin works very hard to insure maximum efficiency with each pedal. Out new pots are still in the manufacturing process and we expect similar issues and to that end are in the process of developing our pedals to eliminate as much variation as possible using CAD assisted design and CNC production.

Jim, I know you said the new pots were in the manufacturing stage, but do you know when they may be available to purchase?

We were hoping that they would have been here by now but, as the saying goes "a watched pot........" . We're hoping they'll be ready w/in the month but that might be optimistic. Meanwhile we've been using the Dunlop pots and are quite happy with them.

Thanks for the info Jim.

Tom Bradshaw wrote:The pots I sell were originally made for a particular effects pedal the Dunlop Company once sold. These pots were made to easily press into a surface mounted PC board in that effects pedal. I'm lucky to be able to still obtain these million-cycle pots which, after nearly 6 years of selling over 2500 of them, only two customers have told me they wore theirs out. I think most users are willing to suffer through a one-time soldering job if they get that kind of quality from something they bought from a little baldheaded dufuss in California. But then, maybe not. ...Tom

Yes, well… I got one from my local guitar shop (at great expense here in Australia) and am chiming in to say I didn't even get started… It was scratchy, so I took it out and put the asian original pot back in….

Still looking for an alternative, as I liked the sound of the 500k (or 470k..) over the 250k..

Stu

Tom Bradshaw wrote:The pots I sell were originally made for a particular effects pedal the Dunlop Company once sold. These pots were made to easily press into a surface mounted PC board in that effects pedal. I'm lucky to be able to still obtain these million-cycle pots which, after nearly 6 years of selling over 2500 of them, only two customers have told me they wore theirs out. I think most users are willing to suffer through a one-time soldering job if they get that kind of quality from something they bought from a little baldheaded dufuss in California. But then, maybe not. ...Tom

Yes, well… I got one from my local guitar shop (at great expense here in Australia) and am chiming in to say I didn't even get started… It was scratchy, so I took it out and put the asian original pot back in….

Still looking for an alternative, as I liked the sound of the 500k (or 470k..) over the 250k..

Stu

Stuart: During the past 8 years, and having sold over 3500 470K Dunlop audio pots, I've replaced about 10 defective ones. And, most were from players who DIDN'T buy the pot from me. About 5 years ago I posted here that if anyone ever purchased a Dunlop pot (from me or anyone) and it proved to be defective, I would replace it. Unlike whomever you bought it from, I test every pot before I ship one. So please, send me your address and you will receive a new (and tested) Dunlop pot. I'd appreciate it if you would send me the defective pot, but if you choose not to, that isn't a problem. In 8 years only about 5 of my customers have told me that they truly wore one out! That's quite a record of success. I want you to have that success too.

I'll be curious to discover if the pot you bought is identical to the one I offer. The Dunlop Company has a number of pots that they use in their many products. However, if it says "470K" on it, then it is the one I offer. If it doesn't, then it isn't what I sell. Regardless of that, I'll replace it.

There is no need for you to be disappointed with any Dunlop product. So, please let me replace the pot: Tom Bradshaw, P.O. Box 3383, Walnut Creek, CA 94598. Email: tommybradshaw@gmail.com

Now you know why Tom Bradshaw is thought of so highly throughout the steel guitar community.
Year after year, he's always been there for the customer.

Thank you for all you do Tom.

Craig Baker 706-485-8792

cmbakerelectronics@gmail.com

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