[vin-gear]

Thanks for the thoughts guys.

Unfortunatly, I am limited on size and have to stay with a 1/2" pot. My monitor cards have only 3/4" face plates and exactly allow nothing more than 1/2". On the input channels, I have 2 rows of 1/2" pots beside each other. That is a little tight also.

I did get my Clarostat 388 sample with the friction washer. Pretty stiff but not very smooth. I think that the Bourns 51/53's have a much nicer feel to them. I really wanted to be taken by the Clarostat, but was kind of let down. However, due to minimum qty's and lead times, I think I'm gonna order the dual linear pans from State and go with Bourns 51's for the rest. I can find most of the 51's in stock but not many 53's.

A multi-stepped rotary pan switch would be great but I sure as heck don't have the room for that.

Jeff