BBill Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Are to pots on a Epi Les Paul regular or are they long shaft? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Are to pots on a Epi Les Paul regular or are they long shaft? Thanks Regular/short Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generation zero Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I was thinking about something the other day... Couldn't you theoretically use the long shaft pots if you put a couple extra nuts on them as spacers? I know at times the short shaft pots have been right on the edge of being too short. The long ones shouldn't be too tall to fit in the cavity, right? Isn't an epi pretty much the same thickness as a Gibson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwhi2001 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Chinese Epis need medium, short are just a bit too short. (I know, I just tried!). You could use long and add washers/spacers, but if the shaft doesn't sit exactly 90 degrees the angle will look slightly out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Chinese Epis need medium' date=' short are just a bit too short. (I know, I just tried!). You could use long and add washers/spacers, but if the shaft doesn't sit exactly 90 degrees the angle will look slightly out.[/quote'] Medium? I didn't even know they existed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 antwhi2001...just wondering. Do you have a source for medium-sized pots? They may come in handy. I generally do some extra routing to fit the regular(short) ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generation zero Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 antwhi2001...just wondering. Do you have a source for medium-sized pots? They may come in handy. I generally do some extra routing to fit the regular(short) ones. I've actually used a paddle bit with the outside teeth ground down, from the inside of the guitar. Not something I'd reccomend for a novice or the feint of heart though... one slip and you can wobble out the hole for the shaft, or worse, come all the way through the top, leaving a nice 1 1/2" hole where your knob used to go, LOL... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 come all the way through the top' date=' leaving a nice 1 1/2" hole where your knob used to go, LOL... [/quote']In that case, you re-wire for three knobs, and put a big red Christmas light in the hole. Those with dirtier minds could have said something much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 I've actually used a paddle bit with the outside teeth ground down' date=' from the inside of the guitar. Not something I'd reccomend for a novice or the feint of heart though... one slip and you can wobble out the hole for the shaft, or worse, come all the way through the top, leaving a nice 1 1/2" hole where your knob used to go, LOL... [/quote'] Yeah, most of my "techniques" wouldn't make it in the handbook on "How to hotrod your guitar", but as long as I'm doing it to my own guitars, who cares right... As it is I haven't screwed up...much. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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