trimpots

[Marc.yo]

What do trimpots do? I'm under the impression that they are like potentiometer with set spots. Am I wrong?

These are the Cermet trimpots found on smallbearelec

[GREEN FUZ]

As you say, it`s basically a potentiometer or variable resistor that can be used to set a variety of values. One use is to compensate for bias drift when using germanium transistors, in a Fuzz Face for example. Hope this makes sense.

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

Yeah it's just a pot - except it is (usually) pretty small, plus you adjust it with a screwdriver, because you aren't going to adjust it very often (in fact the specifications on some trimpots only guarantee them for a few hundred adjustments!!).

[Marc.yo]

As you say, it`s basically a potentiometer or variable resistor that can be used to set a variety of values. One use is to compensate for bias drift when using germanium transistors, in a Fuzz Face for example. Hope this makes sense.

That's actually what it's going to be used for! Except I'm doing the tantulus. So it's just to help bias.

[ambulancevoice]

they can also replace normal potentiometers so you can preset the volume, gain, distortion, the "q" in a wah wah, etc