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Topic: Blend Wheel Replacement Pot on a Fender DLX/Stringmaster? |
Mark Helm
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2020 9:17 am |
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Hey, gang!
Anyone know what kind of replacement pot I would use on a blend wheel for a Fender DLX 8?
Thanks!
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Bill Sinclair
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Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2020 10:19 am
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Mark,
250K Analog. The trick is finding one that has a short shaft with a screw slot for the little serrated wheel. You might have to cut and slot it yourself. Are you sure that yours is bad? If it's just frozen, you might try some LPS or other cleaner/lubricant on the shaft to loosen it. |
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Mark Helm
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2020 11:04 am Yup
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The shaft is broken and the wheel is gone. I got a new wheel from Gary Rue that should fit over the split shaft Fender 250K Pot I just purchased from Stew MAc.
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Denny Turner
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Oahu, Hawaii USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2020 5:37 pm
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I ran across this thread while looking for something else; This thread is opportune for me to ask for an ongoing project: I've seen multineck Fender "Stringmaster" steels with and without the blend wheel, ...but my old swiss-cheese brain / memory fails me trying to remember when a transition from blend wheel to no blend wheel (or vice versa) occured. I'm betting someone in this thread will know. Thank You.
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Mark Helm
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 5 Dec 2020 5:41 pm MK Ii
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The blend wheels came in with the 2nd generation of Stringmasters and can be found on all 24.5†and 22.5†models, including the single neck Deluxes.
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Remington Steelmaster S8 w/ custom Steeltronics pickup. Vox MV-50 amplifier + an 1940's Oahu cab w/ 8" American Vintage speaker. J. Mascis Fender Squire Jazzmaster, Hofner Club bass, Ibanez AVN4-VMS Artwood Vintage Series Concert Size Acoustic Guitar. 1920s/30s Supertone Hawaiian-themed parlor guitar. Silvertone parlor guitar. |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 6 Dec 2020 11:52 am
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| Denny Turner wrote: |
| I ran across this thread while looking for something else; This thread is opportune for me to ask for an ongoing project: I've seen multineck Fender "Stringmaster" steels with and without the blend wheel, ...but my old swiss-cheese brain / memory fails me trying to remember when a transition from blend wheel to no blend wheel (or vice versa) occured. I'm betting someone in this thread will know. Thank You. |
Mark is correct but, as a matter of interest, even the original long scale Stringmasters had a blend control. The knob that many assume to be the tone control is actually a blend acting on all necks.
As Mark says, the blend wheel under the bridge cover for each neck arrived with the 22.5" and 24.5" scale. |
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