CTS 500k Audio Pot, Split Shaft, 1/2" Thread Length, for Les Paul, SG & ES-335

Name: CTS 500k Audio Pot, Split Shaft, 1/2" Thread Length, for Les Paul, SG & ES-335
Brand: CTS
SKU: CT-3507-DR
Price: 9.29 USD
Availability: InStock

CTS 500k Audio Pot, Split Shaft, 1/2" Thread Length, for Les Paul, SG & ES-335

$9.29 USD

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Appropriate for most rear-routed guitars, including many Gibsons. If you have a carved-top Les Paul, consider our CT-450S4517 pot instead.

The best guitar pots we're aware of are made by CTS - this is the brand that pretty much every American guitar company has used for decades. We order most of our pots directly from CTS and have them made to our specs.

Mounting hardware included (shown in the last photo).

Specs

500k audio taper (logarithmic)
10% resistance tolerance (the tightest CTS offers)
Split shaft, 24 teeth (for push-on knobs)
3/8-32 SAE bushing thread
1/2" thread length (rear-routed guitars)
Low torque (dimpled back - turns easily)
15/16" body diameter

Details

This particular pot is designed for rear-rout applications, where the pot bushing needs to be long enough to pass through the guitar's top while still allowing enough threaded length to use the appropriate nuts and washers, (which are included). Most rear-routed guitars are designed with a 1/4" or 6mm top thickness, and the longer 1/2" threaded bushing on these pots makes them perfect for these rear-rout applications.

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Great Customer Service

I was having some trouble initially with the measurements on the POTS. George was very responsive via email and helped me trouble shoot. Turned out I needed a new multimeter. Once I got the new meter, I found that all POTS were not only within the 10% tolerance, all were within 4%. I also ordered several other items from ToneShaper and will certainly continue to shop with them in the future.

CTS 500K audio pots

received the pots quickly and they work just as expected. Thank you!

Pot replacement

The pots are quality parts
I would highly recommend them

Guitar pots- right on

Just what I needed

The best Guitar parts

Toneshaper’s are the best , great parts , and really fast shipping and George is very knowledgeable and helpful with any questions one might have

Not too good..

Proplems they had loose shaft and I could not get the pots tight.

All CTS pots come from the same factory in Taiwan, whether they're being purchased by Tone Shapers, or by Fender, Gibson, PRS, or some other company. CTS doesn't make different grades of pots (good/better/best), they're all the same quality. So we don't know what to make of criticisms of CTS pots like the ones made here, other than to conclude that the commenter may not have much first-hand experience with them.