gibsonbass76 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I'm rewiring my dot and I'm wondering if I should spring the extra money to get CTS pots over the alpha pots that guitar fetish sell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWANG Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I like alphas just fine in minis. I use CTS in full size though. TWANG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwillow777 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I like that Alphas, but I have used the CTS as well. The CTS require a little bigger hole and you may have to enlarge the holes for the pots, not a big deal though. I prefer the Alphas that stewmac sell over the ones that GFS sells. I have used both, and the stewmacs are a higher quality, with brass bushings. GFS are not. The stewmac pots turn extremely easy, no drag or friction at all, and they are only a little more expensive, well worth the investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin134 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I know Reverend Guitar used Alpha's on their US models, not sure on the imports though as have not opened mine up yet, so thinking they should be good.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
generation zero Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I never questioned brand, I just usually buy the ones they get in bulk at my local music store... where do you go to get CTS pots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AS90 Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I use Alphas on my Gibsons, they are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I have no nor heard any complaints on CTS pots. I've heard several on Alphas. Taper, build-quality, longevity is just not in the same league as CTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icantbuyafender Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I have no nor heard any complaints on CTS pots. I've heard several on Alphas. Taper' date=' build-quality, longevity is just not in the same league as CTS.[/quote'] +10 CTS just have a clean feeling that the alphas are lacking. i tend to use 250k cts pots.... they just sound right to me. me choosing them started from them being the only pots sold at this small local shop.They just worked well with my orange drops in two project builds that I have done. one of which uses a TBX tone pot CTS makes for fender.(fun mod) honestly the only problem, well more of a reservation... is the slightly wider shaft that they use. i guess once you go CTS there's no turning back to alphas on a guitar.... ...or can you switch between the two regardless of the wider hole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostindesert Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I always want to ''upgrade'' my guitar with better parts, not replace them with similar spec parts. That's why i like CTS pots and Seymour Duncan or Gibson pickups. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Beef Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I use CTS exclusively. Never had one crap out on me, get scratchy, or sound bad. Plus, the tone stays more consistent than other brands when rolling the volume down. Other brands just haven't been as reliable or sounded as good. At one point I got sick of dealing with crappy pots and replaced all mine with CTS in all my guitars, and haven't had a problem with any of them since. Someone asked where to get them - lots of places. Usually I get them from Guitar Electronics because they're local (20-30 minutes from my place) and I can go up to their shop. Sometimes I'm too busy, though, and their hours aren't the greatest. I also have ordered from Acme Guitar Works. They have Acme branded CTS pots that are supposed to be the tightest tolerances available. I ordered up their 335 wiring kit because it was about the same price as Guitar Electronics' Gibson wiring kit, only the Acme kit comes with wire and "volume kits" for the volume pots to even further reduce high end roll-off when turning down the volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWANG Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 there are two alphas.. and as mentioned one set turns like nothing.. the others have a much better feel, better build. I always sell the good ones.. and I've never had a problem with them. I never get the others anymore.. so avoid those suckers. I can get you the part number if you want the good alphas.. they're less money, too. and come in metric as mentioned. TWANG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonbass76 Posted March 4, 2009 Author Share Posted March 4, 2009 I'm not sure what I am going to order yet! I got my Seymour Duncan set today(hot rodded set). I go through guitarpartsresource.com for CTS pots. I know I am going to have to drill the holes to 3/8" to install them, but oh well. From what I have read CTS is just the best, and I am trying to do all top materials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Beef Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I'm not sure what I am going to order yet! I got my Seymour Duncan set today(hot rodded set). I go through guitarpartsresource.com for CTS pots. I know I am going to have to drill the holes to 3/8" to install them' date=' but oh well. From what I have read CTS is just the best, and I am trying to do all top materials.[/quote'] My time is worth something. The CTS pots cost a little more, but just a couple bucks each. So if I was rewiring a Dot (I'm actually rewiring a Sheraton tomorrow), I have to think about how much time and effort goes into something like that. Imagine if you saved yourself the ten or fifteen dollars going with cheaper pots, and then one craps out on you? Or it doesn't sound good? You'll have to do all that work over again. As limited as my time is, it's not worth the risk. I'm going to buy the best*, and I'm going to get them from a company that guarantees each one is going to be in a certain tolerance range. * within limits. If CTS pots were $100 each and Alpha were $5, I'd probably have to go with Alpha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 My time is worth something. The CTS pots cost a little more' date=' but just a couple bucks each. [/quote'] +1 $5 bucks for a CTS that is probably going to outlast you... doesn't seem that much now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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