VOX Clyde McCoy Reissue ICAR pots, get’em while they’re hot!

[vanessa]

Hey everyone, I just got this reissue pot from these guys and it rocks. I built a Clyde McCoy clone a while back and was never happy with the fulltone pot I used. I put this VOX reissue ICAR into it and boy did it come alive. These are the same pots they’re putting into the VOX Clyde McCoy reissue. The pot is made really well, looks just like an old Hot Potz 1 when you take the cap off. It has a really smooth sweep, great highs, full bottoms just makes the circuit really shine. The guy told me that he didn’t know how long he was going to have these in stock for, so get’em while they’re hot. Here’s the link.

http://bajatechcustom.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_23&products_id=29

[vanessa]

Has anyone tried this pot before? Maybe I'm not in the know as I didn't hear any responses. I have been trying to get this one for a while.

:roll:

[Paul Marossy]

I haven't heard anything about the Vox ICAR pot, but I have good stuff read about Teese's "100% reproduction ICAR pots".  

[vanessa]

I was on Teese's site. He says they are not available for sale. I also have heard that the ProPot is supposed to be an exact duplicate of Teese's but the ProPot is 200k not 100k like the ICAR's. Has anyone measured Teese's pot?

[Paul Marossy]

Hmm... that's intersting, not for sale, huh? If his pots are a "100% replica", they should measure 100K, unless he made them 200K like the ones he says he measured. Good question!

Have you checked out Analog Mike's site? There is some talk about the Teese pots this article: http://www.analogman.com/kraft.htm

Also, check out this page: http://www.analogman.com/mccoy.htm

[vanessa]

Hmm... that's intersting, not for sale, huh? If his pots are a "100% replica", they should measure 100K, unless he made them 200K like the ones he says he measured. Good question!

Have you checked out Analog Mike's site? There is some talk about the Teese pots this article: http://www.analogman.com/kraft.htm

Also, check out this page: http://www.analogman.com/mccoy.htm

I love that article! Very cool stuff to be found on this here internet.

Yes Teese says the ones that are floating around for sale are imposters and that his are not for sale.

I'm sure someone on here has tested one out of one of his pedals...

(Tumble weeds roll across the road)


:lol:

[Paul Marossy]

I'm sure someone on here has tested one out of one of his pedals...

Yeah, hopefully. I am curious about this, too.

[al3151]

:wink: http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/Data/Geoffrey_Teese/ROC_POT2_and_Inductor-01.html

[dadude]

I just was reading a message by Teese replying to the very same question about the 200k pot. Here's his reply.

"The Icar pots all started life at 100K. My original ROC-POT was a repro of one NOS 100k Icar pot I had. Time passed and a Vox came in that had a really cool sweep pattern. The Icar pot in it had drifted up in value aboutanother 100k. I pulled the pot, had it reproduced, and that became the ROC-POT2. All this info was available on my site when I first introduced the ROC-POT2 in 2001."

:roll:

[Paul Marossy]

That's interesting. Assuming that what Teese is saying is ture, I didn't know a pot's value could drift like that - basically doubling in value!  :shock:

[dadude]

My guess the drift was on his end, cost. I have not tried one in a wah circuit but I would think a 200k pot would give you more sweep range. It might even sound close to the wide sweep of an 'ICAR' 100k pot.

I would think it would have been cheaper for him in the end just to have the manufacturer just go up to the 200k and leave it a normal audio taper then to have the factory make a special run just for him. If they did it might be the difference between thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[Paul Marossy]

You're probably right.  :wink:

[MR COFFEE]

200K pot is just like doubling the cap coupling to the 100K pot.

Keep that mojo shit going :shock:  :lol:

[dubs]

They look exactly like what smallbear elec sells.

[vanessa]

Well over the weekend I tried a few things out with my Clyde McCoy clone circuit.


I had a 200k pot from a volume pedal lying around and wanted to see if it compared to these wider tapered 100k pots (VOX reissue ICAR). I found that they were very similar. The new vox pot seems to have a better transition than the 200k (Hot potz II type) but the 200k has a similar wide sweep. I can see how you could pass off a 200k as an ICAR but I like the reissue pot better.

200K pot is just like doubling the cap coupling to the 100K pot.

Keep that mojo shit going :shock:  :lol:

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I tried that too. I did not find it to sound the same.

They look exactly like what smallbear elec sells.

I have only seen a Fulltone pot and a Taiwanese pot available up on Steve’s site. These are not the same. These are the replacement pot for the VOX Clyde reissue. I was going to say to compare but Steve’s store is closed. If you go on Baja’s site you can see it, by the way they have other DIY parts up there. A lot of stuff Steve carries and they deliver fast too.

[dadude]

That's interesting about the 200k pot. I had thought that you might be able to get similar wide sweeps with one.

Your right, these are not the same as the Tai pots that Small Bear has.

[puretube]

if you wipe/scratch the resistance-surface of a pot long/often enough,
it wears off so much of the carbon, that the resistance increases...

[dadude]

if you wipe/scratch the resistance-surface of a pot long/often enough,
it wears off so much of the carbon, that the resistance increases...

I hear you, but doubling its value seems a bit of a long shot. It might be that a wah showed up to him that someone had replaced the stock 100k with a 200k back in the day maybe even at the factory just to get it off the line before they reordered parts that I'll give him.

[Paul Marossy]

I just acquired an original Vox wah with a Fasel inductor. It has a scratchy sounding pot in there made by ERT. I measured it out of curiosity, and it measured 220K! This wah has a real nice sound and the sweep is pleasant, too. I sure hope my replacement pot will do as good a job.

[puretube]

just for the record: is it also labelled 200k or similarly?
(or is it un-marked?)