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New member! Quick question about knobs

Post by Theriff » Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:52 am

Hey everyone.

Great forum. Amazing guitars from everyone.

I have a question for the early JM guys. I need Volume and Tone knobs (strat style)for the solid shaft pots.

Ive missed a few on ebay here or there. Thinking of just drilling a splined knob a hair under the size of the solid shaft, and then heating the shaft slightly and pressing it on

Any tips or other ideas are appreciated!
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Re: New member! Quick question about knobs

Post by sookwinder » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:17 am

are you meaning the strat type knobs or the witch's hat knobs?
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Re: New member! Quick question about knobs

Post by Theriff » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:19 am

sookwinder wrote:
Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:17 am
are you meaning the strat type knobs or the witch's hat knobs?
Strat style

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Re: New member! Quick question about knobs

Post by adamrobertt » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:44 am

I don't know if I've ever seen solid shaft strat knobs. They're usually the splined press-on type.

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Re: New member! Quick question about knobs

Post by Theriff » Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:14 am

adamrobertt wrote:
Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:44 am
I don't know if I've ever seen solid shaft strat knobs. They're usually the splined press-on type.
I have a 59 jazzmaster. Original Solid shaft. The knobs were just pushed on

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Re: New member! Quick question about knobs

Post by adamrobertt » Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:50 am

Theriff wrote:
Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:14 am
adamrobertt wrote:
Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:44 am
I don't know if I've ever seen solid shaft strat knobs. They're usually the splined press-on type.
I have a 59 jazzmaster. Original Solid shaft. The knobs were just pushed on
It's possible that they drilled the knob holes to enlarge them slightly so they could use the solid pots? Idk, as far as I know if it originally had strat knobs on it it probably was supposed to have split post pots. I just did some quick Googling and I can't find or think of anyone that sells solid shaft strat style knobs, but maybe someone here has a source.

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