RCA/Shadow hills knobs

[analogica]

Hi there fellas, does anyone where to find this kind of knobs, i found the rounded ones in a couple of websites but i couldnt find the rectangle shaped ones you can see in the photo(3rd one)

https://www.floatingpointaudio.com/mon_equinox.html

Any ideas?
thanks

 

[The Frizzle]

You can find some Infos in this Thread:
https://groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=59342.0

 

[pucho812]

check vintage aircraft parts places. 

A lot of that type of knob is from old bomber designs.

 

[emrr]

The squared off type are not very common. 

 

[weiss]

to bump this, do you guys know the shadow hills supplier for knobs?
i need these knobs

 

[emrr]

to bump this, do you guys know the shadow hills supplier for knobs?
i need these knobs

Shadow Hills claimed at one point to have found a huge stash of original RCA stock in India, and that's what they use.  Don't know if is, or ever was, true. 

 

[weiss]

Shadow Hills claimed at one point to have found a huge stash of original RCA stock in India, and that's what they use.  Don't know if is, or ever was, true.

lol. that would be risky haha. they probably make their own. i remember collins using the actual same knobs

 

[emrr]

lol. that would be risky haha. they probably make their own. i remember collins using the actual same knobs

Eventually lots of people started using them, John Vassos created them at RCA about 1936 and they were exclusively their thing for awhile.  As I said above, the squared off variety is pretty scarce among RCA audio, I only have a couple of originals and haven't seen a repro. 

 

[pucho812]

if you can get one you can roll your own knobs...

I have yet to do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNBHtlhlHF4

 

[weiss]

if you can get one you can roll your own knobs...

I have yet to do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNBHtlhlHF4

yeah that is my plan but i'd need to have one first  ;D

 

[pucho812]

yeah that is my plan but i'd need to have one first  ;D

I may be able to help you there... Check aircraft surplus places. We have one out here in L.A. that has lots of old aircraft panels and meters, with those kinds of knobs.