Allparts CTS 250K 9,5 Spl Aud.Taper Pot

CTS pots used to be my favourite choice but recently I've had several problems with brand new CTS pots. Too many failures to just be a case of bad luck. This time I only ordered two and one of them crackled and had a dropout near the end of travel. I cleaned it thoroughly and only a very slight crackle remains. I guess it works but with this level of quality I might as well have gotten some cheaper pots instead.

Excellent quality that don’t cost a lot more than cheaper parts! So why risk degrading your tone. I replace all non CTS pots as soon as I buy gear! Gives me years of service and comfort of mind that it’s not going to fail!

The best for single-coils, nice action, not soft - not hard. Sound is full without scratches / jumps in volume

Very happy with this pot. I bought two of them and measured the dc resistance - both were within 10% of 250k so I am happy with that.
The feel of the rotation of these pots is nice. Not stiff and not loose.

I've had DiMarzio pots, maybe they were also CTS when you flip them over, can't remember, but they definitely had a different feel. Allparts CTS pots have the right amount of friction for me. Dimarzio ones were just too easy to turn.

I have quite a few of these as they are one of the best companies for potentiometers as well, I play around with the potentiometers all the time because I have a lot of bulbs, I have never had a noise when changing the volume, I prefer them for several years

I have some of these for 500 kOhm, I decided to try 250 kOhm.
One arrived in an open package, either the package came unglued, or they put it like that... but the potentiometer itself seems to be intact.

I'm talking about 500 kOhm - Honestly, for that price, you expect them to last longer.

Ordered this pot to replace a crackly volume pot on my old bass guitar and it works great. I had to do a quick research first on whether to use a linear or audio taper and decided on later. No regrets whatsoever.

The threaded part of the shaft is longer than needed for mounting on a pickguard so your volume knob is too high off the pickguard. I had to use 3 washers to lower it.

In use it's too stiff, stiff enough that I don't like it. Messes with volume swells. I'll keep it as a spare for clients or students but it's coming off my guitar.

Works better than all the installed pots on my guitars, is smoother, doesn't wear out and has a clearer signal to my ears.