The Steel Guitar Forum

HI everyone,

I am bout to replace my first volume pedal pot and was doin a lil reserarch here on the site as to how it is done. I came across this very helpful article from Greg Cutshaw:
http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Goodrich%201 ... 20Pot.html

...but I had a question regarding the last two photos. I cannot tell the difference between the "correct string routing" and the "incorrect string routing". can anyone explain? I treid to included the ophtos in this post but they blew up too large. thanks-

Ben, I did notice that (I am working up the courage to replace the pot in mine that I got from Tom Bradshaw.) Greg's site is extremely helpful...

It looks like the difference is how the string comes off the string lock bracket. The incorrect photo shows the string coming off the end of the bracket, the correct photo shows the string coming off the side of the bracket. That's the only difference that I seen.

good eye Jerry! didnt catch that..thanks.

Jerry is correct! It's a small difference but the incorrect routing will prevent the pot from traveling all the way to the end and mess up the string angle at one end of the travel. I was going to make a video of the pot restringing but then I started messing with Google Sketchup so I might draw it out in 3D instead.

My Dunlop Hotpotz is still going strong. I understand also that the conductive plastic in the pot is self lubricating. Years from now it MAY need cleaned but not it should never be lubricated. If it lasts 10 years, I'll happily buy another one. This is the same technology used in high end recording consoles and should last a good 10 years. At work I have an even better solution... an encoder with 5000 counts feeding a digital resistor! Seriously though, the HotPotz is far superior even to the original Allen Bradley pots before they became junk. If you look at the high end pot market you will see a lot of different conductive plastic models by many different companies. We have Tom Bradshaw to thank for being one of the first to find and stock these things.

Greg

Thanks Greg for the informative article and clarification on the last two photos! I purchased a replacement pot from mr. bradshaw some time ago and am just now working up the courage to install it finally after suffering a humiliating moment of failure during a solo this past weekend.

Got a good friend who's gonna show me the ropes (strings?)first time around so I predict success