Volume pot on early models.

[turboblues]

I am missing the correct volume pot on my 1986 Custom.
I bought the guitar second hand but it still bothers me that the shaft is too long on the volume , so the knob sits too far of the body.
I asked Sean of PRS if the current one (ACC-4111) is a good replacement.
I got this answer :
"Hi Stefan,

Thanks for contacting PRS Guitars.
We did use 500k pots on our Customs going back to 1986. I would recommend ACC- 4111 as a replacement pot.

Thanks,
Sean"

I bought a new one but it is again too long and a little too wide.
I checked with my 1990 PRS and the early ones are different (shorter and a tiny bit thinner).
Where could I buy one? Any of you guys have an idea or maybe had the same problem replacing one?

 

[garrettb]

You can just add another washer to the new pot to make the knob sit lower. The current PRS pots are some of the best available.

I don't know much about the older style pots, but they may be out of production and thus nearly impossible to find.

 

[Brad737]

FYI, it may not be the shaft of the pot that's too long. As I recall, early PRS knobs had a deeper hole, so the knob would sit lower on the pot. Are you sure you have original PRS knobs?