General Inquiry: Soldering Resistors, Caps, Etc., Directly Onto Pot Lugs

[railhead]

Just a general question: I'm wondering what some of you guys do, and what the general consensus is, as far as "best practice" is concerned in relation to soldering resistors and caps directly to pots.

To me it's nothing but a bit of point-to-point wiring, and it means there's less signal path since I don't have to wire to a PCB and then back again. For example, I'm needing to add a resistor-cap pair to my pot, between lugs 1 and 2, so it's easier to just wire them direct.

What do you guys think about this "practice?"

[R.G.]

I think it's OK if you put the components entirely on the pot lugs so there are no solder joints in mid air. I like solder joints supported mechanically.

I don't know about the consensus here, but military wiring practices (i.e. the most reliable way they can think of) for things like this is to put all the parts on the PCB.

[railhead]

Makes sense. I guess with a stompbox, the extra 10 or so mm of extra signal path won't make or break anything.