recommend quality dome knobs for split shaft pots?

As a lefty, the only lefty pots out there it seem to be split shaft only. It seems most of the high quality custom knobs with nice sharp knurling are sized for a solid shaft pot.

I'm looking for plated dome knobs, with a set screw, that has a decent ,<b>knurl</b> on them, made specifically for the smaller diameter split shaft pots. I'm looking for that non wobbly snug fit.

I've shimmed with tape in the past, but I don't like doing that? Any sources or solutions?

You can use knobs made for solid shaft pots as long as you use adaptor sleeves.

Guitar Parts Resource (http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/electrical_pothardware.htm) sells them.

perfect! thanks!

I got nice dome knobs that will fit split shaft and if I recall correctly it was from guitar parts resource as well. Seems like the set screw is high enough that it grabs the knurled part of the shaft rather than tucking under it.

Grizzly sells these knobs for $3.25 per pair. They come with the brass sleeve installed. You have to drill or pull it out to use them on solid shaft pots.

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When using domed knobs with split shaft pots, tighten the locking screw into the split part of the shaft for a better fit. This info from the Stew-Mac site might be of use.
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Knobs/Dome_knobs/Dome_Knobs.html

I went to Guitar Parts Resource and looked at their dome knobs. I noticed they offered knobs specifically for split shafts... so that may mean the knobs might have a smaller diameter hole. I'll give those a try. At least I can also use their adapter sleeves for expensive knob sets designed for solid shafts if I go that route... insert them and drill out a pilot hole for the set screw to go through. I really like the sharp knurl on the Glendale & Callaham sets.

I have always done what Stew-Mac suggested: "To install a knob that has a set screw, such as our dome knobs, align the screw with the split in the pot shaft before tightening." But what they don't tell you is that there seems to be a slight wobble created that you can feel when you rotate the knob. Too picky I guess!

I'll try a set made for split shafts and see if I get a better fit than the factory Fender knobs I current use on my MIM Tele. Thanks for the resource & ideas guys...

i snap the tab off the pot (theres a tab that will be in the way and not let it sit flush against the back of the control plate)

i then shove that tab in the split shaft....
then i put the knob on and tighten it up....

that way the split doesnt close up as you tighten up the grub screw :)

also if the grub screw doesnt have a point you might want to file a slight point at te end to bite into the shaft...

Pardon my ignorance, but what makes a pot "lefty"? Unless you're talking about some type of strange specialty pot I'm not familiar with...two of the terminals have a constant resistance across them and the other one is a wiper that goes between the two terminals...

Pardon my ignorance, but what makes a pot "lefty"? Unless you're talking about some type of strange specialty pot I'm not familiar with...two of the terminals have a constant resistance across them and the other one is a wiper that goes between the two terminals...

On a lefty guitar the knobs have to turn the opposite way. If you don't use lefty pots (reverse taper) then you either have to wire them righty so they will work properly, which results in having to turn the knob in the opposite direction, or you wire it lefty and live with controls that don't work very well. Not sure I explained it very well.

CRAP! Forgot about the log pots. I suppose a linear pot would be just fine to wire backwards, but a log could get you in some trouble...

Or is there something else?