1962300
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Is there a source for factory looking Volume & Tone Knobs?
Thanks!
Thanks!
1959 X-50 - Factory Control Knobs
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SFIV1967
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Pictures always help, so you are looking for one each of that version?
You might want to read GAD's blog about them:
Unless you go ebay you could use the new Guild knobs but read the above link first about the differences.
shop.guildguitars.com
Ralf
You might want to read GAD's blog about them:
Identifying Guild Clear G-Shield Knobs | GAD's Ramblings
After buying some clear Guild knobs on Ebay and doubting their veracity, I realized that there was no way to determine if they were accurate. I decided to do what any detail-obsessed nerd with a macro lens and stupidly powerful studio lights would do: I figured out the differences, photographed...
www.gad.net
Unless you go ebay you could use the new Guild knobs but read the above link first about the differences.
Guild Knob Amber w/ Silver Top
shop.guildguitars.com
Ralf
1962300
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Oh yea...those are them.
Thank you for sharing the GAD Rambling link; great info!
I have split shaft pots....Of course it seems that none of the sellers dictate if their knobs are for split shaft versus smooth shaft.
There is a seller that described the knobs as designed for crimp shaft. (I don't know if that matches s split or a smooth; ha!)
Thank you for sharing the GAD Rambling link; great info!
I have split shaft pots....Of course it seems that none of the sellers dictate if their knobs are for split shaft versus smooth shaft.
There is a seller that described the knobs as designed for crimp shaft. (I don't know if that matches s split or a smooth; ha!)
They are metric 18 spline pots for split shaft, if they are recent.
I would imagine a "crimp shaft" would be a split shaft, but everyone sees things differently.
It's possible to use a knob intended for a solid shaft on a split shaft, if you orient the set screw along the split to pry them apart. Of course, that may not be the orientation you desire.
1962300
Junior Member
In counting the splines on one of my non-original knobs, I have 16 total splines.
Thus....
"Most import pots, on the other hand, have only eight splines on each side of the split shaft in a formation that is commonly called coarse spline."
I shall seek some reproduction 16-spline knobs then.
Thanks!
Thus....
"Most import pots, on the other hand, have only eight splines on each side of the split shaft in a formation that is commonly called coarse spline."
I shall seek some reproduction 16-spline knobs then.
Thanks!
1962300
Junior Member
I think I lied. Seems they are 18 splines each total 