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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: New Frontier on March 30, 2004, 11:50:56 PM

Title: MetalZone Pots
Post by: New Frontier on March 30, 2004, 11:50:56 PM
Anyone knows where to find pots like the ones used on the Boss MZ. The ones wich have two independent controls ?
The site below has many pots, but I don't know how to describe it.. Tkx

http://www.piher-nacesa.com/product.htm
Title: MetalZone Pots
Post by: Ansil on March 30, 2004, 11:53:19 PM
dual concentric pots
Title: MetalZone Pots
Post by: aron on March 31, 2004, 04:51:39 AM
More to the point, where do you get the knobs for those pots?
Title: MetalZone Pots
Post by: Ansil on March 31, 2004, 12:31:03 PM
Quote from: aronMore to the point, where do you get the knobs for those pots?

dear sirs at Boss,

I recently purchased a used metalzone and love it, however it has not knobs on the two middle controls

can u tell me where i might purchase some.

sincerely

blah
Title: MetalZone Pots
Post by: Mark Hammer on March 31, 2004, 02:12:00 PM
But doesn't missing knobs make it look like more of a "metal" pedal? :wink:
Title: MetalZone Pots
Post by: aron on March 31, 2004, 04:07:19 PM
I remember picking up a few dual concentric pots. I need to look around - I thought they might be very valuable for tone controls, but I never found the knobs.
Title: MetalZone Pots
Post by: Mike Burgundy on March 31, 2004, 05:01:50 PM
apparently some music stores carry them - but they're rather big, and if youre unlucky they want knurled shafts. I've found a nice metal pair (meant for modding a bass for more EQ possibilities without harming anything) that accepted 6 and 4 mm shafts with a tension screw at Musik Produktiv, but I can't find it now...

*edit*:
for the european customers at least:
http://www.musik-produktiv.de/shop2/shop04.asp/artnr/3057111/sid/!06082002/quelle/listen
Title: MetalZone Pots
Post by: claydavis on March 31, 2004, 05:23:24 PM
as for knobs, you can get jazz bass replacements (pricey, though), or pull some from old car radios or thrift store hi-fi components.
Title: contact smallbear regarding Roland pots
Post by: cb on March 31, 2004, 06:28:06 PM
I was looking for the same thing last fall. Do a search on the topic:

Looking for some (apparently) hard-to-find pots...

Smallbearelectronics (Steve?) replied with the following:

"I talked today with a guy a Roland who is willing to let me order spare parts there. So drop me a private message with model of the pedal, serial number and description of the part, and I'll try to get it for you."

So I bet if you email him requesting the pots & knobs, he can probably get them. Good luck.
Title: MetalZone Pots
Post by: New Frontier on March 31, 2004, 09:47:19 PM
Found some knobs:

http://www.potentiometers.com/rean/rnp675.asp
Title: MetalZone Pots
Post by: aron on March 31, 2004, 11:56:33 PM
I *might* be able to find dual concentric 25K pots.

These can be used for tone controls pretty easily.

The question is, does anyone want them based on these limits:

The are PC mount pots (i.e. made to go into a board) but you can solder on them.

They do not come with washer/nuts. ( I could probably find the matching size).

If so, I will try and see if they are still available.
Title: MetalZone Pots
Post by: blabj on April 01, 2004, 12:27:45 PM
well if you needed a 500k concentric pot you might wanna check WD Music Products (http://wdmusicproducts.co.uk/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=wduk&Product_Code=CP500BK&Category_Code=PTS) as thats pretty much what you need :| im not sure if its the right value... but it was worth a shot

but damn thats expensive... £25  :o but it does have a cool black knob  :lol:
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