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Stacked volume / tone controls
I've only played electrics with the regular one-piece control knobs. Any thoughts on the stacked kind? Advantages/disadvantages?
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Never liked them - too hard to make quick adjustments on the fly, and too easy to move them together when they stick (and IME they will)...
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The top one is for making micro-adjustments I'm guessing?
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Typically, outer ring for volume (it’s larger); inner knob for tone. My old Ovation Legend had this - worked really well for me. Wasn’t as good on my Danelectro. They do this on some Jazz basses, too.
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I've had a couple guitars with stacked controls. Not something I would ever recommend, and I would go the other way if something came along with dual concentric controls.
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For Fpr me and for frequent tweaks, which is often the case when playing electrics, they are far from ideal.
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I've really liked them. Never had one stick. Never found them difficult to use at all.
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That said, if you play live with it, accessing either one on the fly is clumsy and imprecise. If you don't gig, the quick-access is moot. Edward |
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As stated, stacked pots are not for coarse and fine adjustment but for two different things - most commonly volume and tone.
A signficant advantage is space savings. I added a piezo bridge to two of my taylor solidbodies and didn't want to drill a new hole for the piezo volume control, so I added a stacked knob. They save a lot of space. I use a volume pedal when gigging so any adjustments on the fly don't need my hands. I imagine its easier to swipe the side of the knob which I';ve done but I can't imagine its a huge difference. The do stick up axially a little more obviously so that could interfere with a tremolo arm etc. My only worry is the reliability of the more complex mechanism and the sometimes smaller potentiometer resistor rings.
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They're on my Danelectro. I find it easiest to just not use them and leave everything wide open.
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I knew what they looked like and what they were called but not what they actually did. Never knew anybody who had a guitar with them. Seems like an interesting idea now that I know. Might be fun to fool around with.
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