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Re: What brand of pot for CryBaby wah?

4/23/2004 5:43 PM
RedHouse	Re: What brand of pot for CryBaby wah? Yeah, Skreddy is a super great guy to do business with. Once I bought some HotPotz-II from him and one had a defective gear, so I emailed him to see what he could do and he sent a replacement immediately, when I asked him about returning the bad one he said just keep it instead of mailing it back. I was so impressed with his business ethic/style I bought more!. (very cool businessman) Anyway about the Hotpotz-II, they are real quiet when sweeping and I think they are made with conductive plastic elements inside and is said to have a "million cycles" lifetime. They do have a different taper though, to me the difference is in the high side (treble) of the sweep which seems slightly cramped when compared to a Hotpotz-1. I actually prefer the Hotpotz-1 that comes in the newer Dunlop Crybaby's, but that's just my opinion. It doesn't have the "million cycles" lifetime of the Hotpotz-II but it's sweep seems more like my old Thomas Crybaby. I wonder if the rack-n-pinion could be reversed, to reverse the rotation, then hook up the pot the other way, if that would give the HP-II a more traditional sweep...hmmm.

4/23/2004 5:43 PM

RedHouse

Re: What brand of pot for CryBaby wah?

Yeah, Skreddy is a super great guy to do business with. Once I bought some HotPotz-II from him and one had a defective gear, so I emailed him to see what he could do and he sent a replacement immediately, when I asked him about returning the bad one he said just keep it instead of mailing it back. I was so impressed with his business ethic/style I bought more!.
(very cool businessman)

Anyway about the Hotpotz-II, they are real quiet when sweeping and I think they are made with conductive plastic elements inside and is said to have a "million cycles" lifetime.

They do have a different taper though, to me the difference is in the high side (treble) of the sweep which seems slightly cramped when compared to a Hotpotz-1.

I actually prefer the Hotpotz-1 that comes in the newer Dunlop Crybaby's, but that's just my opinion. It doesn't have the "million cycles" lifetime of the Hotpotz-II but it's sweep seems more like my old Thomas Crybaby.

I wonder if the rack-n-pinion could be reversed, to reverse the rotation, then hook up the pot the other way, if that would give the HP-II a more traditional sweep...hmmm.

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