Tube King Question

[tdhowe]

The Guitar player for my band, recently broke his Ibanez Tube King.  I was wanting to repair it, but because of the way in which it broken (He smashed the Gain Pot into itself, I'm not really sure how), So i need to know what the resistance is of the Gain pot and also If anyone can recommend a replacement part.  It has a somewhat odd connection setup and I can't find that one specifically.  Thanks

[Dirk_Hendrik]

Find out yourself  :wink:

[tdhowe]

I would, but the pot is too far destroyed to be able to get a useable value across it.  And about a replacement part, I went to Alps website and talked to them on the phone, And i'm not really interested in 1000 pots just so I can replace one on a pedal, so that was why i wanted to know if someone could recommend one.

[tdhowe]

Sorry, First time I opened it up, the pic didn't load.  I see it now.  Thanks.  Still would appreaciate a recommendation on the replacement.

[moosapotamus]

Try finding an electronics supply in your area, Radio Shack even. Otherwise, try Smallbear or Mouser, but postage might cost just as much, or more, than the price of a single pot.

~ Charlie

[Dirk_Hendrik]

I, And i'm not really interested in 1000 pots just so I can replace one on a pedal.

I'm sorry but not able to recommend you on a good replacement.

However, the quote as above is a point which I run into all the time. I some case I would have been interested in even buying 100 of a specific device but still either the manufacturer ir the representative is not interested. Having said that I can be amazed that these same manufacturers complain about sales beiing low because of a so called "economy slowdown". If there was a way if making these devices available (maybe through a 3rd party who buys in hundreds_ for "few piece users" total sales (as on a world wide level) could increase astronomically.

[Peter Snowberg]

Radio Shack doesn't sell 500K pots, but they do have a 1Meg unit. just wire that in parallel with a 1 meg resistor and you'll have something close, but with a different taper. You could always just use a 1 Meg pot as a straight replacement with the side effect being that you will have 2 times the gain of the original circuit.  :twisted:

Actual 500K linear taper pots:

http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=8

http://www.smallbearelec.com/Detail.bok?no=112

[tdhowe]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.  I still would like to find a replacement that doesn't involve trying to discover a new way to mount the pot.  The original pot was made by alps and has 4 pins coming off of it.  Same as the RK11K series that they make now.  I was hoping that someone made something similar, but i've been all though mouser and couldn't find anything, and several other sites, but still nothing.