Anyone heard about Life Pots for wahs?

[Doug B.]

I just saw in the 2004 Antique Electronics catalog that they are selling "Life Pots"... for $15.95.  Here's what they say:

"Life Pot 100k Wah pot.  High grade replacement and upgrade wah pedal pot supplied with all necessary hardware and gear for immediate installation."  

I've never heard of them, but a web search i just did shows North Star Audio (Roger Mayer) also selling them (at a substantially-higher price).

So has anyone used/heard anything about Life Pots?  Quality?  Country of origin?

Thanks....

- Doug B.

[BillyJ]

It is a bourns 91A1A828B20 with a gear glued on.
It is an ok replacement but I would spend more than $12 and only if in a pinch.
I use the pro pot which looks an awful lot like the teese but isn't.
Can't comment on the taper but that one is a 200K....
They are cheap for me local cause I am buddy buddy with some stores..

[petemoore]

It's a 200k pot 'till you put a 200k resistor across the outside lugs, then it's 100k.

[Doug B.]

It is a bourns 91A1A828B20

Thanks for the info!  I did a web search on that Bourns part number... didn't find anything.  Is there anything special about the pot?  Material?  I'm assuming that it's got a long rotational life....  

with a gear glued on.

*Glued*!!!  Yuk!  How reliable is that likely to be?  (Easier though than drilling the shaft, eh?)

- Doug B.

[toneless]

The only special that these pots may have is to be without openings so that the taper never gets any dirt into it.
Petemoore do you know how to make a 100k reverse log,too?
I've read an article at geofex.com but I can't understand it quite well


By the way my favorite wah pot is a simple 100k-150k log pot.