Knobs

Here's an old post I put together when I was looking for the perfect knobs to use. I have a solution now, I think but here's the research I did...


Alright! Settle down!
 Yes, we're looking at knobs.

CS/SK style slider knobs 

Where can you get these nowadays?

These exact slider caps are available from http://www.synthparts.com -

"Yamaha CS50/60/80 Slide Pot $12 (larger quadrant type $14)"

That's quite a lot of dosh for some knobs if I get 10 or more, but would be absolutely pukka. I also might feel bad depriving CS owners of precious spares though..



There is a spare part for Numark mixers NS6/NS7 and AKAI APC - PT11106163-  which looks similar, but is possibly a bit bigger and flatter on top.They are definitely textured and matt and not smooth and silky like the original ones.

In context :

AKAI APC40

And then there's the mix slider - PT11106178 - for the 'Numark
V7
MIXDECK QUAD
NDX800
NDX900
NS6 :

NS7
NSFX
This looks rounder but a bit short.

PT11106178

 

CS style lever switch caps

 

The switch are caps not so available - except they may be the same as some of the Electone Organs some of which can be bought very cheap, although getting enough of the same colour would be an issue and that's a lot of wastage...
EDIT : I know have a bunch of these lever knobs from the B-75 organ I bought. They aren't quite right for faders though. The sliders have a curved travel.

SK/CS30 style knobs

Right - SK /CS knobs

Perfect Circuit sell SK knobs but they don't seem right at all.  Not U shaped knurls and strange lip on the cap. These are in fact from the Korg MonoPoly - Syntaur sell them too.

Wrong - Korg MonoPoly

Where can I find the right ones? I don't think I will. I've searched high and low and whilst there may be a plastic bin with a dozen sat in a surplus shop in Japan or the States, I can't find them.

Syntaur are our of stock
https://syntaur.com/Items.asp?Item=5093

Here's something with the nearly the right knurling - U shape -  but the base is wrong. I quite like it anyway. I think I have something similar on the back of some speakers I made when I was a lad. There are more sturdy than beautiful.

https://www.quasarelectronics.co.uk/Item/kb0295-19-5mm-6-35mm-control-knob-white-pointer

Mammoth do them too - in different colours - but manufatuer is not mentioned

https://www.mammothelectronics.com/collections/knobs/products/kp-16x15f-series-plastic-fluted-control-knob-16-x-15mm?variant=28794244295

On ebay

CS 15 smaller sliders

Part number CB811290.
These guys seem to do a similar part http://www.shokaifareast.com/Products/Pots/Slide/slide_knobs.htm

Manufacturers

Rogan

Large range - no exact matches though.
http://www.rogancorp.com/knobs-hand-hardware/plastic-control-knobs

OKW

Many and varied
https://www.okw.co.uk/en/Products/Potentiometer-Tuning-knobs.htm

Sifam

Large range of knobs - sliders fairly standard mixer and eq types.
http://www.sifam.co.uk/knobs.asp

Selco

Standard range
https://www.selcoproducts.com/knobs

Cosmo

Standard range.
http://www.cosmocorp.com/en/kcat-main.cfm

Ehc

 Huge range
http://www.ehcknobs.com/index.php?id=CK 

 

 

 

Coolor Caps

Fancy, candy coloured and novelty knobs - single stripe fader knobs, sold in packs too.
http://coolorcaps.com/product-category/caps/

 Even do hydrodip printed ones

Specialised synth shops' knobs

Perfect Circuit

https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/accessories/parts.html


https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/juno-106-slider-cap.html <- similar to CS/SK slider cap but not rounded.

Syntaur

https://syntaur.com/knobs.html
Have a large number of parts inclusing some real synth classics, not nothing at all for classic Yamaha analogues :-(

Grayscale

Single design - Rogan?
http://grayscale.info/index.php/?s=knobs

http://www.synthparts.com/ <- Have CS50 slider caps
 http://www.vintageplanet.nl/ (Closed)

Organ shops

http://www.mcnsystems.com/parts.htm <-No lists but lots of stuff.

Small Electronics shops

http://www.cliffuk.co.uk/products/knobs/rotary.htm
http://www.surplussales.com/ShaftHardware/Knobs/Index.html 
https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/knobs  <- Guitar stuff mostly
https://www.westfloridacomponents.com/Knobs.html <- not much stuff
http://www.mzentertainment.com/store_dr_zee_workshop_parts_knobs.html - <- Loads but nothing 'right'
http://www.electronicsurplus.com <-quite a bit - bad site though

Wholesale

http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/fader-knobs
http://www.aliexpress.com/popular/mixer-fader-knobs.html

General Electronics Shops

https://www.rapidonline.com/knobs
http://uk.farnell.com/knobs



Overall though I want these and I can't get them.