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Tapped tone compensated volume control
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08-26-2011, 09:43 PM
Well you could approximate the tap (which I assume the link that is broken,) with fixed resistors midrange, and you might be OK. You did do Deoxit? Taps on pots were always a little tricky, some reacted with sweating of the contact, more violent means are possible. Were they

trying to create a "loudness" or damping control for AM radio way back then?
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