Reviews
Kluson "Witch Hat" USA Knob
4.0
Review By Nick Didkovsky
Kluson witch hats look and feel great but are not exact clones
See my review of "Kluson Witch Hat USA Knob Black Tone" for details on differences between these and vintage witch hats. I like these knobs very much though, and purchased the a full set of 2+2 for a Les Paul.
Kluson "Witch Hat" USA Knob
5.0
Review By Nick Didkovsky
Kluson witch hats look and feel great but are not exact clones
I was very happy to find these Kluson witch hats after wading through way too many searches that led to cheap knock-offs of witch hats. These shipped quickly, fit snugly, and look and feel solid. I am very happy.
It is curious though, that Kluson got the size, shape, feel, and fit right, which seems to be the hard stuff, but didn't get the easy stuff right. Compared to vintage witch hats, there are three glaring differences which seem trivial to fix. 1) The numbers are upside down: facing outwards instead of inwards. 2) There are little line marks under the numbers, which are not present in the originals, and 3) the volume knobs say "VOLUME" instead of "VOL." and the font on the tone knobs shows the text smaller than the originals.
None of these three affect functionality of course. These are just details for geeks who want these knobs to truly clone a set of vintage knobs, or perhaps replace one or two broken or missing knobs from a vintage set, and desire an exact match.