Andy Eagle ( Guitar repair tech for 30 years )

[gearJunkie]

it's easily the best feel of all the trems I own. It replaced the BladeRunner trems I had on those two guitars.

Very interesting. I love my BladeRunner, but I'm always game for an upgrade.

 

[Eagle]

Hey Andy I need a new volume pot for my strat and am also going to fit an aluminium screening plate while I'm in there swopping the old pot.

I usually buy pots from Six string supplies but they're out of stock. who would you go to in the UK for a volume put and a screening plate? Are the bare knuckle 280k pots worth the money?

Do you want a little treble push ? If you do the 280k is a good way to get it . I like the dimarzio branded cts for volume because it’s lower friction and tighter tolerances than the common 450 series cts at 7%. I usually just look around to see who is cheaper at the moment. Also it depends if you want a fender shield plate or something similar.
I get Fender direct . Pricing is all over the place, I can often find a part cheaper on line than getting it directly from the distributor even at trade.

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Do you want a little treble push ?

Not really, I was mainly interested in the sound of the 30% J taper the bare knuckle pots can be ordered in. What's the taper like on the dimarzio units? I hate volume pots that are useless under 5.

Also it depends if you want a fender shield plate or something similar.
I get Fender direct . Pricing is all over the place, I can often find a part cheaper on line than getting it directly from the distributor even at trade.

The pricing is part of the reason I was looking at bare knuckle. They do shielding plates for £18 but the pricing for the fender branded part seems to be £39 - £45. There's a load of much cheaper brands about but I'm pretty dubious about those.