Ibanez Sure Grip III black

Just finished new build and wanted to have nice black knobs with great grip. Especially that I've been using push-pull pots with switches.
Without thinking too much, I pushed those knobs on my pots. After 10 seconds decided I do no like the optics, so started to pull them out. Finished with two damages DiMarzio pots (with switches).

So...
PROS first:
- The grip is really fantastic
- Optics not bad
- Clearly visible numbers (very useful if you use eyes instead of ears to set volume)

CONS
- Fit. it is so tight, that once on pots, it is virtually impossible to take them off without damaging pots.

CONCLUSION
Nice knobs, great idea for very good grip, very usable, when you have push/pull potentiometers with switches.
I am using them, and probably will continue using and slowly replace my old Fender style knobs for this ones.
But now I am wiser, and before fitting them on guitar, I am redialling the hole, so the fit is tight, but not insanely tight, like them come originally.

3 stars total, as those knobs can cause potential damage to your guitar due to non-standard shaft hole.

i decided to black out a guitar that comes with a ton of gold-plated hardware (which i honestly despise with all my old self), and replace anything on it with a black-colored equivalent.

well, mine's an Ibanez hollowobody, and once all hardware's been replaced with blacked-out-one, the golden-hued original knobs felt a tad out of place.

the SureGrip III is a handy knob with perfect balance allowing firm grip and ease of use... and, in this black version, it looks just perfect on my jazzbox – while still retaining full reliability nonetheless.

class and style meet full functionality at a fraction of competitors' prices of otherly-branded spare parts... the rubber ring isn't sticky (good thing), and the mating surface to the pot seems perfectly executed – no wobblying, no eccentricity, no cheap feeling.

bravo, Ibanez!