1M Rev Log pot - ideally 16mm Alpha

[Toasted]

Can any of you good folk help me source a 1M Rev Log pot - ideally 16mm Alpha?

Ta.

[wateroftyne]

Hey!

Can I help things along by admitting that I have no idea what any of that means? Is it something to do with space rockets?

Have a bump on me... Good luck in your search!

[spider]

[quote name='Toasted' post='193335' date='May 6 2008, 09:09 PM']Can any of you good folk help me source a 1M Rev Log pot - ideally 16mm Alpha?

Ta.[/quote]

I've probably got some in a drawer in my workshop.
Not sure about the 'rev' bit though...
Can I ask what it's for ?

[Toasted]

1M Reverse Log . . . . I think?

[spider]

[quote name='Toasted' post='193387' date='May 6 2008, 09:42 PM']1M Reverse Log . . . . I think? [/quote]

I'm happy to send you what i've got.
Not convinced about the 'reverse' bit though ...

[Toasted]

Thank you for your kind offer. It's on a bill of materials for a project I'm doing.

I'll email the person who originated the BOM and ask for clarification

EDIT: It should be marked as c1M, I think.

Edited May 6, 2008 by Toasted

[spider]

[quote name='Toasted' post='193433' date='May 6 2008, 10:19 PM']Thank you for your kind offer. It's on a bill of materials for a project I'm doing.

I'll email the person who originated the BOM and ask for clarification

EDIT: It should be marked as c1M, I think.[/quote]

Got a couple put aside:
They're A1M - A = log, 1M = 1Meg.

Never (in 20-odd years of working in electronics) heard of a C1M.

B1M would be linear.

Still don't know what this 'rev' thing is about - if you want to reverse the action of a pot, you wire it differently.

Anyhoo, if you want one (or two) let me know - i'll stick 'em in the post.

[obbm]

Joe, Ask John East.

[spider]

[quote name='obbm' post='194945' date='May 8 2008, 07:57 PM']Joe, Ask John East.[/quote]

So you're saying my information and advice is no use then...?

[obbm]

[quote name='spider' post='194957' date='May 8 2008, 08:07 PM']So you're saying my information and advice is no use then...?[/quote]

I can't for one minute see how you can jump to that conclusion from the four words that I wrote.

Reverse log pots are exactly that, a reverse log scale. Also known as Anti-log. I believe John uses them so he will know where to source one which was Joe's original question I believe.

[spider]

[quote name='obbm' post='194967' date='May 8 2008, 08:30 PM']I can't for one minute see how you can jump to that conclusion from the four words that I wrote.[/quote]

Really ? Perhaps I'm just over-sensitive.

[quote]Reverse log pots are exactly that, a reverse log scale. Also known as Anti-log. I believe John uses them so he will know where to source one which was Joe's original question I believe.[/quote]

Which is pretty much what I was saying, to the best of my knowledge the easiest way to achieve this is to wire a log pot backwards...
Or am I missing something ?
Probably.

Edited May 8, 2008 by spider

[obbm]

[quote name='spider' post='195017' date='May 8 2008, 09:35 PM']Which is pretty much what I was saying, to the best of my knowledge the easiest way to achieve this is to wire a log pot backwards...
Or am I missing something ?
Probably.[/quote]

It'll operate in the opposite direction to taht which is normally acceptable. Blend pots usually comprise a log and an antilog track. As one pick-up goes up so the other comes down.

[Al Heeley]

I'm also hunting for same pot - guess you've been putting together a Small Clone Chorus or repairing a MusicMan? Any luck in sourcing one? Care to share?
The Tonepad schematics refer to 1M-C marking on the back of this pot and its not a log pot wired backwards!

(Have a look at the taper graphs on this page: [url="http://www.geofex.com/article_folders/potsecrets/potscret.htm)"]http://www.geofex.com/article_folders/pots...s/potscret.htm)[/url]

Edited May 14, 2010 by Al Heeley

[neepheid]

G&L L-2000 uses a 1Meg reverse log pot for the bass control and I think it was labelled C1M as well. You can get replacements from G&L here: [url="http://www.glguitars.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=19&cat=Potentiometers"]http://www.glguitars.com/shopping/shopdisp...=Potentiometers[/url]

Maybe a little far to go for a pot, but that's the best I could think of.

More digging: [url="http://gb.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Alpha-Taiwan/RV16AF-20-15S1-C1M/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMtxdMMi52izylTGUjbYbj7qlxlLC4Rw6Io="]http://gb.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Alpha-T...j7qlxlLC4Rw6Io=[/url]

Split shaft si vous preferez: [url="http://gb.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Alpha-Taiwan/RV16AF-20-15K-C1M/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMtxdMMi52izylTGUjbYbj7qwXco89NuBrs%3d"]http://gb.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Alpha-T...qwXco89NuBrs%3d[/url]

Edited May 14, 2010 by neepheid

[Al Heeley]

Thanks - top digging there, I need to avoid mouser though as delivery charge is £12 for a £1.13 item, which is against my principals.
Unless I can pick up some from ebay at reasonable cost i will go with a 1meg linear

[JimBobTTD]

Banzai music in Germany - [url="http://www.banzaimusic.com/Alpha-16mm-FS-1M-REV-log.html"]http://www.banzaimusic.com/Alpha-16mm-FS-1M-REV-log.html[/url]

[Al Heeley]

excellent, thanks Jimbob, great find, forgot to search banzai, my natural outlet for knobs of all sorts.

[JackLondon]

Here ?

[url="http://www.musikding.de/advanced_search_result.php?XTCsid=39234f691992d87833cb450a8ffe5743&XTCsid=39234f691992d87833cb450a8ffe5743&keywords=1m+rev+log"]http://www.musikding.de/advanced_search_re...ords=1m+rev+log[/url]

[Alien]

If you can't find a 1M C taper pot, a 5M linear with a 1M2 resistor strapped across the track terminals it will give a very similar result.

A

[JackLondon]

They are not very common in UK (As are quite a few parts) but are easy enough to find in Europe, I might have one somewhere, I'll have a look tomorrow and let you know.

[Daquifsta]

Here
[url="http://www.musikding.de/product_info.php/info/p581_Alpha-Potentiometer-16mm-1M-rev-log.html"]http://www.musikding.de/product_info.php/i...1M-rev-log.html[/url]

Edit: read the whole frickkin thread first before posting: facepalm. JackLondon beat me to it :-)

Edited May 15, 2010 by Daquifsta