Pots: CTS vs. Bourns vs. Alpha vs. ???

[GuitArtMan]

Tom (and anyone else) how do you feel about CTS vs. Bourns v.s Alpha pots? I know the cork sniffers all say the CTS is best, but I've bought a number of the "boutique" CTS pots and frankly wasn't impressed. I'm looking mostly at standard pots (not push-pull) but welcome opinions on all.
Thanks
Bob

[tom]

I gave up on cts years ago. From the time they moved production to Mexico in the early 80's, they got worse and worse at quality control. They could not cotrol end resistance or rotational torque or feel.
I have tried a few of the new bourns metal casing pots, and was not knocked out by their feel enough to dig deeper.
Alpha does a great job at feel and end resistance so we use them. I know some like a stiffer feel, but I prefer the smoother feel.

[wolf]

How can I get a new volume pot for my Drop Top ?

Mine's getting very scratchy and doesn't clean up when I spray it any more.. after so many gigs I'm not surprised though. :D

[tom]

We could send you one.

[wolf]

Thank you, how can I arrange it ?

[wolf]

Tom did you get my e mail ?

[tom]

Yes, got it. Friday was a crazy day. Will get to it on Monday.

[1990hollow-t]

Anyone know what size/length vol pot I should get for my Hollow T?