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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on January 31, 2010 at 4:46am

Simple potentiometers from Radio Shack will do BUT you will get more responses saying 250K or 500K or 1K or 1M or something in that arena. I've used RS potentiometers and they work fine -- especially for piezo's.

Else go on ebay or to your local guitar store and get some pots. I got some this weekend for $6.

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Tim on January 31, 2010 at 4:59am

a pot is short for a potentiometer, basicaly just a variable resistor. a knob is the thing you attack to the shaft of the pot to make it easier ot grip and look better.

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Permalink Reply by David L. on January 31, 2010 at 5:12am

Hi Jerry,

This link gives a good overview of pots used with guitars
http://www.guitarelectronics.com/category/wiringresources.wiring_faqs/

This link shows how to wire them upto piezos
http://handmademusic.ning.com/group/tedsmadscientistlab/forum/topic...

Regards,
David

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Permalink Reply by Jerryrig240 on January 31, 2010 at 10:17am

This is all good stuff.....thanks guys. I have had experince with variable resisors in the past hooking up cpu fans to paintball masks....but this volume knowb I bought at radio shack seems like it does nothing like the variable resistor....I wish I kept the package now to know what the heck it is..I might pick up a VR this week and toy with it. I just wrapped a pickup this morning with 8 new button magnets from wall mart, and a bunch of turns with some green enamel flower wire....the stuff they use to wire flowers with.....with my pedal it works pretty well. It might be the heart of my next build.

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