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Dumble knobs

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folks;
real deal or real BS?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0403607211

best
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IMO, that's a load of... nevermind. Reading that auction, I interpreted it as old stock of the silverface knobs commonly found on Dumble amps. Not as NOS knobs previously owned BY HAD. At any rate, if someone tried to charge me $12.00 for one knob, I'd wanna punch his eye :wink:!
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FuzzFaceBuilder wrote:IMO, that's a load of... nevermind. Reading that auction, I interpreted it as old stock of the silverface knobs commonly found on Dumble amps. Not as NOS knobs previously owned BY HAD. At any rate, if someone tried to charge me $12.00 for one knob, I'd wanna punch his eye :wink:!


i figured it was a load of (insert your item of choice here) also. just wanted to make sure. i thought HAD did not have custom made parts but used stock shelf items. the knobs in the auction *do* look like the ones on the amp in the pic.
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That is not a bad price.
For example, if you went with current production knobs, here are some that are close, but not exactly the same and they are also $12 from DigiKey http://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/746222 ... ba1-4.html

Also, Fender knobs are $15 from Antique Radio Supply.
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These look pretty close:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=1818

about $1.80 at current exchange rates!
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Britain rules the seas! Excellent knobs, for a good price. Like those 30 mm knobs from UK.
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wasn't sure what search arguement to use so i tried 'skirt knob'. got WAY too many hits, but these almost look the part;

http://shop2.frys.com/product/5589700

price is right :D
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Yeah, you can probably easily steel wool the numbers off.

When I Googled short skirted knobs this came up.

[img:320:240]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... iskirt.jpg[/img]
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Structo wrote:Yeah, you can probably easily steel wool the numbers off.

When I Googled short skirted knobs this came up.

[img:320:240]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... iskirt.jpg[/img]
something tells me one of those would be a LOT more expensive! :roll:
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bingo ?

http://www.rapidonline.com/productinfo. ... 87141552d8

looks the part, but doesn't appear as if they ship outside the UK.
.78 ea unless you buy 25 then the price drops to ~ .65 ea.
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Structo wrote:Yeah, you can probably easily steel wool the numbers off.

When I Googled short skirted knobs this came up.

[img:320:240]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... iskirt.jpg[/img]
I've put this type on one of my amps before. 8)
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heisthl wrote:
Structo wrote:Yeah, you can probably easily steel wool the numbers off.

When I Googled short skirted knobs this came up.

[img:320:240]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... iskirt.jpg[/img]
I've put this type on one of my amps before. 8)
LUCKY DOG 8)
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I used Tyco knobs for my '70s clone. P/N 506-PKS1106B1/4 at Mouser.

[img:150:85]http://www.mouser.com/images/tyco/images/pr1q89j20b.jpg[/img]

Not cheap at $5.42 each.

[img:640:480]http://www.bad-domain/DumbleRepro/DSC01920.JPG[/img]
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heisthl wrote:
Structo wrote:Yeah, you can probably easily steel wool the numbers off.

When I Googled short skirted knobs this came up.

[img:320:240]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... iskirt.jpg[/img]
I've put this type on one of my amps before. 8)
I read the H-C review on that amp. The reviewer said it was really stiff :wink:
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odourboy wrote:
heisthl wrote:
Structo wrote:Yeah, you can probably easily steel wool the numbers off.

When I Googled short skirted knobs this came up.

[img:320:240]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... iskirt.jpg[/img]
I've put this type on one of my amps before. 8)
I read the H-C review on that amp. The reviewer said it was really stiff :wink:
On that one I used a curve tracer to make sure things were up to spec..... :wink:
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