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47ka pot
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:44 am
by Ben79
Anyone got an old one lying about they could sell me?
Splined metal 6mm shaft.
I need one for an FZ1a I'm fixing and I wanna keep it looking original.
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 5:38 pm
by eatyourguitar
just use 50KA
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:21 pm
by Ben79
Sorry, a 47ka or of course, a 50ka, but an old one....can't seem to find one anywhere that looks like the original.
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:35 pm
by digi2t
Have you got a pic of the original?
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:01 pm
by Ben79
Anything that looks a bit like that would be great.
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:28 pm
by skullservant
Large Alpha pots would put you somewhere in that realm!
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:24 pm
by eatyourguitar
maybe here. they have lots of hard to find 24mm pots like that.
https://www.tubesandmore.com/
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 2:03 am
by greeny23
can they be contact cleaned or is it no use?
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:53 pm
by Ben79
I've used a replacement (plus resistor) now and it was so bad I think contact spray would only have bought a bit of time. I don't know if it's some kind of conspiracy but I can never find the pot I need. Today I was after a 50kb 16mm Alpha with solder lugs on ebay UK so I can fix this Ibanez Standard Wau fuzz.....nothing. I have about 200 old pots in a box.....still nothing. Ordered one with PCB lugs in the end. There's gonna be a lot of swearing when I come to solder that little fucker in.
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 6:11 pm
by greeny23
it looks like its been re-capped anyway so it's not really all that original to begin with. I'd think about maybe replacing both pots.
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 6:46 pm
by Ben79
Yep, recapped but no choice there, it's 50 years old. Keeping it original would mean preventing it from working.
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:08 pm
by DannDubbleEwe
That photo is so gorgeous. That rust
Get two new Alpha 24mm's!
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:09 pm
by Ben79
It's done. It's on Ebay UK.
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 8:55 pm
by greeny23
Ben79 wrote:Yep, recapped but no choice there, it's 50 years old. Keeping it original would mean preventing it from working.
i have a FZ-1a that i recapped and used vintage tropical fish to keep it a bit old. but when i did it i left the original caps in and just jumpered them so when sold i can say it's all original.
Re: 47ka pot
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 3:36 pm
by Ben79
How much effect on value do you think that has?
Personally, getting involved in that level of pedal fetishism makes me feel dirty. I'd much rather sell to someone that's gonna enjoy making a racket with it rather than kiss it goodnight. On the knob. Even if I lose out on a few quid.
It was a previous owner who swapped the caps, I just did the pot.