Gibson Pots:

[Inspector #20]

Can these pots be identified???

Marked 'Gibson' and '440 - 71080 1602'

I got strange readings (PCB) and I'm now curious...

I did find this:

44071079 - long shaft "tone" pot, 100K audio in very late 70s through mid 1980s, 500K audio in 1990s up until today

44070034 - long shaft "volume" pot, 300K linear

44070028 - short shaft "volume" pot, 300K linear

44070035 - short shaft "tone" pot, 500K audio

44070500 - short shaft pots, 500K, used in recent Historics, the pots with the scary plastic insides

 

[eSGEe]

so who's on first?

(NOTE @smitty_p and @Tony M. )--- I used a "F"in UpostrOphee

 

[Chubbles]

(from a previous post, but appropriate)

 

[Inspector #20]

Here's why I was asking...

On my 2016 Gibson Les Paul with PCB, I can roll down the volume gradually.

On my Les Paul Replica - with a hodgepodge of pots built from a junk box - the volume drops suddenly starting around dial position '2.'

Which is linear and which is audio???

 

[DonP]

Audio is the smooth one

 

[Inspector #20]

Audio is the smooth one

Thanks!!!! I have CTS and Alphas to choose from in my stash....