'58 365 Capri

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:51 am

I opened up the control cavity of my '58 365 Capri today, serial number 2V197. Its been awhile since I had last peeked in. The pots dated from the 41st week of '58. No surprise there. But I had forgotten that the two tone pots were 1 Meg. I think the two volume are 500k. The pot code is on the side of the pot. Anyone know for sure?

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:22 pm

All I remember from mine were the 1 Meg tones.
I think a Combo 800 I had had a 500 for the volume.
Pictures?

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:27 pm

John, I'll get some up shortly.

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:21 pm

Here ya go....

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:23 pm

BTW, this guitar plays/sounds super! Way different from my earlier '58 365. The early '58 had more tones available with it's two knob/two switch config. Both are sweet.

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:44 pm

Who was the vendor on those flat-back pots? I don't think they are Mallory...they look like the pots in the Combo 850 of David's we had opened up...

jwilli · Post by **jwilli** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:53 pm

John, CTS.

chefothefuture · Post by **chefothefuture** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:03 am

Can't tell for sure. The volumes look newer- but that's only
going by what I can see.
One thing I learned with Capri's is that they have a higher level of "wrong" than the 60's guitars. -
If it looks wrong, it might not be.
You may just need to sell the guitar to me and not worry about it anymore; yup, that's the ticket