Re: [Harp-L] Old style volume control

["bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx" <bbqbob917@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
The original ones were made by Switchcraft (Part# 329), and were discontinued in 1978, as Astatic never made any volume controls until they first put them on the blues Blaster in 1987, were also quite fragile, used a 100K pot, rather than a 1meg pot (which is minimum for crystals/ceramics, but far too high for CM/CR or dynamic mics), and had a more linear taper to them. This probably may be using the old style audio taper pot (which are used on real Bassmans, and never used on the reissues), which accounts for the sensitivity.
Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
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-- Blueharp1@xxxxxxx wrote:
I had a couple of these ~ at the time they were a godsend, because it's  
pretty much all there was. But the build wasn't especially solid, the wiring  
inside was fragile, and the volume adjustment was pretty touchy as I  remember. 
Eventually they both just fell apart. Many here will tell you to (and  rightly 
so) that Greg Heumann's design is miles beyond in build, accuracy,  durability 
and overall usefulness. No affiliation, just a longtime appreciation  of the 
two inline VCs I've so far purchased from him.

Jeff G
Denver CO
In a message dated 12/28/2008 7:47:54 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx writes:

From:  Paul Routledge <kingley@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Old Style volume  control
To: Harp L L <Harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Has anyone tried  one of these? Was it any  good?
http://www.harpelite.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=26&products_id=33

It  looks like a copy of the old Astatic volume control to  me

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