Quote Originally Posted by tonyw View Post
You can get Audio and Linear in the Bourns Pro Audio pots

I use Bourns no loads alot these days but i have everything people want, Alpha, CTS, and Bourns and i match them in sets, school kids with no $$ arnt going to pay a bomb for pots..

I am going to be using the Bourns Vintage 82 series pot in future on my guitars but they are $$$$$

This 250k ohm pot comes with a knurled 24 spline split-shaft, low noise long life conductive polymer element, audio taper, and has a sealed composite housing. High quality manufacture with 10% total resistance tolerance. US spec. bushing.

I will pretty much be only using Bourns in my guitars, after i run out of C.T.S (not all CTS are the same) and i have some old CTS pots here that are NOS to go into some teles i am thinking about.
I am with Tony on this.
Bournes minis are my go to pot for most builds, unless it is a restoration or repair on a vintage instrument in which case I go for the vintage style CTS.

On my top end builds I will use Bournes sealed pots. These puppies are not really expensive when we are talking about a 5-6k custom build.

I ran the multimeter over the last batch of Bournes minis and they were all within %5.

What is interesting is there are Bournes, and then there are Bournes...
The ones I get directly from Bournes seem to be more accurate than the ones I get elsewhere.
Makes me think that the ones I get from Guitar parts dealers may be second party manufacture.
Still good though, never had one more than %10 either way.

It is also a good idea to try and match or pair your pots, especially if you use CTS or Alphas... These guys can be anywhere up to %20 out.