Push pull pots for guitars

[sliberty]

I recently bought an Epiphone ES-335 Pro, and by the way, I am loving it. The volume pots are push pull, and split the coils on the humbucking pickups when pulled up.

These push pull pots are pretty typical of the ones I have used before - they are a bit too soft feeling. Not enough resistance when turning them. So I am thinking about replacing them, if I can find any that feel better.

CEDIST offers three different push pull pot choices - or are they really different? Alpha, Bournes, and Gibson. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the Gibson is actually an Alpha, but maybe the Bournes is better???

Anyone have any experience with this problem, and perhaps some of the pot choices (these or others)?

[johnnyreece]

Bourns has some good ones, I believe I got from DigiKey. Unfortunately, their long shaft still wasn't long enough for the top on my Les Paul. I had to recess the holes in the cavity and ditch the ground plate. It's been so long ago, I don't rembember the exact model number, but they were similar in feel to the stock ones I pulled. I think I got them around 3 years ago, or so. They're definitely much sturdier than the generic ones I'd picked up years ago for about twice the price.

[NickC]

One of my Les Paul's has Bourns pots with switches (for single coil operation). Work fine in my estimation.

Bourns 500k pots with switch (not sure if these are the right type for your application):
http://www.mouser.com/Bourns/Passive-Co ... Mgod5TcAnA