More then 350'000 "TVT" Pots sold !!!! Crazyparts CTS "VT"Series pots were designed for the guitarist who is looking for the ultimate quality and tonal guitar/Bass pots available.
Around 16years ago we started ordering CTS Pots with Customspecs, we want the optimum, Quality, performance and tonal response from a guitar pot along with the Vintage Taper of the good ol' Vintage pots, the "TVT" True-Vintage-Taper Series was born.

All "VT" Series pots are custombuild to our specs in the CTS Factory exclusive for Crazyparts... The "VT" Series feature a longer-life brass shaft and bushing. The lowest turnig touque ava. , and most improtant! a 5-7% (in lot) resistance tolerance compared to Std. CTS Pots which have up to 20% tolerance and last but not least "Vintage correct tapers!" We take great pride in offering some of the best, most consistent potentiometers on the market today.
Lots of dealers and distributors offering CTS pots with a low tolerance which is great and meaningful...but what about the taper? We offer both! Low Tolerance and Vintage tapers!

New CTS Vintage Taper Super Pots arrived....275K Short & 550K with Taper 10%!

Thats the Taper old Gibson and Fender Pots had till around 1960'
For sure with Lowest turnig tourque ava. from CTS and with solid brass shaft and thread like all "True Vintage Taper Pots"
Why higher values??? Because your guitar will sounds more open and fresher...lower value pots often sounds dull or muddy...
Standard CTS Pots sold everywhere have a tolerance up to 20%!!! Hereby the K value goes most under the rate one! Only 10% off all have higher values...so its kind of "Lottery" to get a good one in the range of 250 or 500K...
If you follow discussion about old Gibson Guitars you will notice that some pots over the years changed to higher values...some pots reading 600 and more "K" often. In this case we offer the new Superpot Series to get closer to the Vintage Tone!

We offer our CTS Custompots with different tapers for every players needs...

SVT Taper: This series has a 25% audio taper, ie. When the potentiometer is in the middle position, 25% of the total value is present. So with a 500k pot, approx. 125/375k measured from the grinder. This means a noticeably softer control curve for volume potentiometers compared to the usual log potentiometers, i.e. a significantly gentler volume control without the sometimes somewhat hard bend of log potentiometers with a hard (10%) control curve. A very good option as a volume potentiometer for those who are in the more moderate gain/distortion range.

TVT Taper: This pot has 15% audio taper, ie. When the potentiometer is in the middle position, 15% of the total value is present. So with a 500k pot, approx. 75k/425k measured from the grinder. When used as a volume pot, this means a slightly softer control curve compared to the usual hard log pots, i.e. a slightly gentler volume control without the sometimes hard bend at 10% log pots. The 15% log curve makes it ideal for use as tone pots.

BVT Taper Superpots: Superpots - why higher values and harder taper??? Because your guitar will sounds more wide and open...lower value pots often sounds dull or muddy...also the hard taper is similar to the old vintage pots used by Gibson and Fender in the 50's. They reacting best with older or vintage style amps, since you easy can roll down the volume and getting cleaner tones without loosing too much volumer overall.

If you follow discussion about old Gibson/Fender Guitars you will notice that some pots over the years changed to higher values...some Gibsonpots reading 600/700 and more "K" often, the same with higher "K" Value is with Fender Vitnage Pots they often reads much more compare when they was new! In this case we offer the new Superpot Series to get closer to the Vintage Tone! Hard 10% log curve, making it ideal for use as a tone potentiometer, or as a volume on guitars that predominantly have very operated at higher gain settings.

Gibson Les Pauls that take long shaft pots:
Standard's
Faded's
Classic's
Studio's
Traditional's
50's & 60's Tributes
Historic '68 Custom RI
1977-current Custom's
1977-current Deluxe's
1977-1982 Pro's

Gibson Les Pauls that take short shaft pots:
Historic R4/R5/R6/R7/R8/R9/R0
1952-1977 Standard's
1954-1977 Custom's
1968-1977 Deluxe's
Historic R7 Custom
The Paul's
Les Paul Special's
Les Paul Jr.'s

Of course, with Gibson, there are lots of transitional changes, custom one-offs that may not follow the list.

ALL EPIPHONES TAKE SHORT SHAFT POTS!
(the only exception is the Epiphone Les Paul Elitist)

Tip: Long shaft pots will fit in ANY Les Paul; adjust the nuts for proper height above the top.