Anyone know of a source for PCB-mount A25K pots? None of the usual suspects seem to carry them.
If not, does omitting R5 and using an A10K for the volume pot really make that much difference on the sweep?
EDIT: for context, did some research because I saw a lot of Timmy schematics with an A10K pot for volume and found this info from https://manticorefx.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/timmy-versions/
"Well – there’s even a newer version… For about the past year I changed the volume pot value and soldered a resistor on it to smooth it’s taper. In the old style unity gain was about 2 o’clock with all the volume boost going on in the small area between 2 and 5 o’clock. That always bugged me, but using a linear pot was worse – that would put unity at around 9 o’clock making it a useless control imho. With the gain at zero the pedal puts out 12dB, so changing the volume to 25ka and adding an 18k resistor from input to output fixed this for me. I calculated the 18k value to put the control -12dB at 12 o’clock making it unity at that setting. Like the treble pot change this was about smoothing the taper and not about changing the sound. It doesn’t sound different – the min and max settings are the same. Just the settings in the middle are tweaked to not be so touchy."
I've never used a real Timmy, new or old, so I guess if anyone has, is this really a noticeable usability issue?
If not, does omitting R5 and using an A10K for the volume pot really make that much difference on the sweep?
EDIT: for context, did some research because I saw a lot of Timmy schematics with an A10K pot for volume and found this info from https://manticorefx.wordpress.com/2017/10/26/timmy-versions/
"Well – there’s even a newer version… For about the past year I changed the volume pot value and soldered a resistor on it to smooth it’s taper. In the old style unity gain was about 2 o’clock with all the volume boost going on in the small area between 2 and 5 o’clock. That always bugged me, but using a linear pot was worse – that would put unity at around 9 o’clock making it a useless control imho. With the gain at zero the pedal puts out 12dB, so changing the volume to 25ka and adding an 18k resistor from input to output fixed this for me. I calculated the 18k value to put the control -12dB at 12 o’clock making it unity at that setting. Like the treble pot change this was about smoothing the taper and not about changing the sound. It doesn’t sound different – the min and max settings are the same. Just the settings in the middle are tweaked to not be so touchy."
I've never used a real Timmy, new or old, so I guess if anyone has, is this really a noticeable usability issue?
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