teddybear Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 any difference for the sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 Between and Cts? Stock and CT's? Stock on what? You left out a word or two in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddybear Posted July 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 sorry for confused. i meant alpha pot and cts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kappasitanz Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 as i understand it is just the brand... the real difference between pots exist in their resistance value and if they are linear or logarithmic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddybear Posted July 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 as i understand it is just the brand... the real difference between pots exist in their resistance value and if they are linear or logarithmic oh ic. no difference between the sound. all same. thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihocky2 Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 I'm not familiar with Alpha pots, but CTS is known to be high quality. They seem to last longer, have less noise, and be smoother. I would guess that they also suck your tone less, but I doubt most people would notice that difference if there is one. But there is definitely a difference between CTS and the Radio Shack ones, and CTS is the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAArthur Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 CTS is traditional. They were used by a variety of guitar makers. But traditional doesn't mean consistent. Approximately 2 years ago I started getting bad CTS pots in batches. Apparently this was a transition - from being USA made to being manufactured offshore. That's when I made a change to Alpha. They are high quality parts, easily the equal of the previous CTS made in USA pots, and since then, much more consistent. I don't use anything but Alpha pots now. I can't comment if CTS has jumped the hump because it is difficult going back to something that declined when you have a good source now. No, they don't make a difference in tone. They do make a difference in how long they last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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