White which hats for Squier JM

[leokula]

Hey guys, I found these which hat knobs at ebay:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre ... 2506474984

Since it says it's Gibson CTS compatible, I'm wondering if I can adapt these to a Squier JMJM and a Squier VMJM... Can somebody shed a light?

[Mechanical Birds]

It’s awesome that you get two sets of these for less than half of what a single set of the Fender ones cost. The fact that they charge $35 for two fucking chunks of plastic is insane.

I think these’d work fine

[leokula]

Yeah, great value! I think I'll get'em!

[solfege]

CTS Split shaft is still the US split shaft, which are probably not compatible with what you have in the Squiers.

https://blog.philadelphialuthiertools.c ... r-or-bass/

Relevant segment:

"Split shaft knobs come in two versions, both are 6mm in diameter and only differ in the number of splines. Either a coarse spline that is usually found on import potentiometers (often abbreviated as “pots“) or fine spline found on US CTS pots. Almost all press-on knobs that fit coarse 18-spline pot shafts won’t fit fine 24-spline shafts, and vice versa. NEVER pinch the control shaft with pliers to make a knob fit. This can cause the split shaft to break."

[PorkyPrimeCut]

But, the numbers are the wrong way round!! How on earth are they possibly gonna work?!

[TeenageShutdown!]

It’s awesome that you get two sets of these for less than half of what a single set of the Fender ones cost. The fact that they charge $35 for two fucking chunks of plastic is insane.

I think these’d work fine

I was fortunate enough to grab the Fender ‘65 witch hat knobs when they came out. I though the $12.50 they were going for back then was a rip off.

[mackerelmint]

Years ago, I got a bunch of teisco witch hats for next to nothing. Now they go for stupid money.

Always cut corners on knobs!

[seattle]

I recently went though this. I saw those knobs and ended up getting the Fender knobs. The Fender knobs were about $25 for a pair of aged white knobs. I have a Squier Deluxe Jazzmaster. The knobs are for a little larger diameter shaft but with a piece of masking tape work fine. They are set screw knobs. I cut a piece out of a pick to slide in the split shaft. I put two washers on the back side of the pickguard to get the knobs to go flush with the pickguard.

The knobs you are looking at are whiter, start with 0 instead of 1 and go the other way around as I recall. They are probably expecting a slightly larger shaft and since they don't appear to be set screw they may not fit tightly enough.

I haven't actually tried them however so they may work.