whisky182 Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 i'm new to this site and i'm just about to start building a guitar, dose anyone know anything on audio tapers like WHERE TO BUY THEM! i have serched every where but cannot find them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 i am not famil;iar with that term.maybe saber knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 you mean linear pots?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 26, 2003 Report Share Posted October 26, 2003 if that is what it is try stewmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Audio tapers are volume pots. I don't think they are linear though. Stewmac sells them and if you don't want to pay a fortune, try guitarelectronics.com. Stewmac has good quality stuff but it comes with a hefty price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Found a description of the term: What is an audio taper? To answer this question, one must understand how the human ear senses sound. The human being experiences loudness as a sensation in the brain. The physical measure of loudness is known as intensity. Intensity is expressed in Watts/meter2 (W/m2) or decibels (dB). The human ear responds to sound in a logarithmic fashion. The smallest change in sound that the human ear can detect is 1dB. For this reason, the dB scale, which is based on a logarithmic scale, is used. The audio taper panel control produces a change in output on a logarithmic scale giving the human ear the perception of sound intensity increasing in a linear fashion. Audio tapers are typically used in volume control applications. Modified linear tapers are used in lighting control applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 you mean linear pots?? No audio taper pots are NOT linear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted October 27, 2003 Report Share Posted October 27, 2003 Found a description of the term: What is an audio taper? To answer this question, one must understand how the human ear senses sound. The human being experiences loudness as a sensation in the brain. The physical measure of loudness is known as intensity. Intensity is expressed in Watts/meter2 (W/m2) or decibels (dB). The human ear responds to sound in a logarithmic fashion. The smallest change in sound that the human ear can detect is 1dB. For this reason, the dB scale, which is based on a logarithmic scale, is used. The audio taper panel control produces a change in output on a logarithmic scale giving the human ear the perception of sound intensity increasing in a linear fashion. Audio tapers are typically used in volume control applications. Modified linear tapers are used in lighting control applications. What he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theQuestioneer Posted October 28, 2003 Report Share Posted October 28, 2003 now that we all know what audio taper is, pretty much any (probably every) pot you will buy from a guitar parts store will be audio, because thats what youre supposed to use, it just sounds better. allparts, warmoth, stew-mac, etc. those don't say audio taper but they are. audio-taper is used for everything dealing with sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page_Master Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 hi i read what daveg posted, now i am going to put that in lame man's terms. linear means a straight line. so imagine a graph with a straight line from the bottom of x & y to the top of x & y. now an audio taper is very similar to linear except it is concaved. so the linear tapers raises at a consistent level as you turn it. now an audio taper raises gradually as you turn it because it is concaved right. [just imagine it] i think audio tapers are used in volumes because as they are turned they raise gradually, so this means the dB are spaced out more, because they are concaved remember. but if it is linear, the dB are raised consistantly so the dB are closer together. now we can only hear the differents of loudness and/or intensities by 1 dB. pretty much, an audio taper gives us more variation in what we hear. and if you are like , i will find a site for you to . just ask me. Page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roli Posted October 29, 2003 Report Share Posted October 29, 2003 So you talk about logarithmic pots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisky182 Posted October 31, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2003 yeah cheers guys, i know what they are now, anyone know where i can find cheep kits to fit with single bridge epiphone humbucker?! prefebly with 1 tone pot, 1 volume pot, input jack, wire and NO SWITCHES!!!! (must be english site or have CHEEP shipping to england! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowheadguitars Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 http://www.pincotts.com or http://wdmusicproducts.com/ will supply the parts in the UK - if you want it all pre-wired then you'll have to speak to a local guitar tech, so you might as well get it all wired up for you. If you let me know where you live I might be able to recommend someone local to you. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whisky182 Posted November 4, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 cheers for the help arrowheadguitars!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 audio-taper is used for everything dealing with sound That's true for volume pots - if you are looking for tone pots, it is common to use linear pots although audio-taper pots will still work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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