Pot!

If you insist on Gibson parts for your em... Gibson guitar, Davis GMC has Gibson pots for you... at affordable prices, of course.

Smooth operator

This is the same Duncan YJM pot you initially read here: CLICK It's now available @ Davis GMC.

If you need a little convincing as to how smooth this pot is, the manufacturer had packaged each pot in such a way that the shaft protrudes out of the casing for your testing pleasure.

Make sure you get the correct value pot for your guitar. Despite Malmsteen being a committed single coil user (which would dictate the provision of the 250K version exclusively... but no), the manufacturer also offers this pot for humbucking guitars so for people like me, I've gotten myself the 500K version as indicated there on the top side of the package.

Malmsteen's POT

It's a great time for Malmsteen, he has a new set of signature pickups, Marshall amp & even his own, cutomized volume pot. Notice how Malmsteen has his pinky ready at the volume pot? That's because he utilizes it as second nature, muting & accentuating notes for a differentiated tone all the time. It'd be a clumsy affair should the pot in question not address this quick roll on-off...

... so Seymour Duncan customized a pot for him which in fact is a super lubricated unit, nothing extra. This product is manufactured by Bourns for Seymour Duncan but ladies & gentleman, even if you do not possess the YJM pots, there areothers out there which are equally easy to manipulate- I have a GOTOH unit in my Ibanez GRGR010 as proof. However, no harm trying this one, yes?

Inside

What you see here are the innards of a volume pedal which had its base plate removed & tilted sideways. If yours becomes dysfunctional, the chief culprits are labeled above:

• A: Rack gear. This contraption looks like a saw blade, it's attached/ connected to B. The rack gear moves up & down as you rock your treadle. The rack gear might snap under intense use.
• B: Pinion gear: The pinion gear you see here is rather large, in many wah units, the pinion gear is attached to the pot's shaft as standard issue. This contraption might break under intense use as well. The manufacturer usually applies lubricant between these gears to prolong their good lives. We know that moving parts which are in contact with each other wear out over time.
• C: Pot. Over time, the pots in the volume & wah units wear out or they disintegrate internally & you'll hear scratchy responses instead of smooth volume swells/ wah voicings.