10k long bushing potentiometer... help!

[ExpAnonColin]

You know how they make pots with longer bushings to fit in guitars (particularly les pauls)?  Well, my guitar (the starblaster) uses a 10k pot for the expression knob... I found some cermet pots with .4in or so bushings, which is just fine, and it was all going well until in England I tried pushing on a knob and succeeded in breaking the shaft through the enclosure of the pot without too much force.  There was $5 down the drain, and now I need a replacement... but it would be 5 times better to get a normal old non-cermet pot with a kurled shaft.  It needs to be at least .35inches, I believe.  Can anyone lend me a hand?

-Colin

[niftydog]

ooh ooh, me too!

I've been trying to find two 500k linears and two 500k logs with long bushing for a few months now.

Anyone?!!?!?

:?

[lvs]

I had a similar problem locating a rotary switch with long bushing AND knurled shaft to fit into a Les Paul. None found, but I eliminated the bushing length requirement by screwing the switch directly to the metal shielding plate that's inside the LP's control cavity... like this. I hope you find your pots - that of course would be best - but in the meantime you may want to try something similar to this, which worked okay for me.