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Good blender pot, but a bit tricky to solder.
I bought this pot for a 2 pickup (P/J) bass project, after first trying a 1960 concentric/stacked knob setup and being disappointed by the drops in volume and tone and troubles when the pickups weren’t fully open (common loading issues on 2 pickup passive basses). I decided to try a blend pot instead and I must admit it’s a fantastic option if one wants to be able to blend between the pickups. The resulting control layout is quite easy to use and musically inspiring with a full spectrum of tones available. This specific blend pot feels great, and has a nice center detent where both pickups are on. Only issue I had was when soldering the electronics - since the tiny PCB has inputs very close to one another and it was actually way more of a pain to get things in place without solder shorting - compared to more traditional potentiometers. There was a bit of plastic melting and just in general needs more care and control. Not a deal breaker, as it all worked perfectly once installed, but it took a bit more effort than I would have liked.
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