These have a nice medium-loose turn resistance, similar to a full sized CTS potentiometer, not quite as tight as Alphas, or sticky-tight like other cheapos I've seen, like Cherkfan (CF). They're smooth, quiet and look a lot like Fender/CTS clones. Like someone else mentioned, that "brass" chassis part, is not really brass. It's gold chrome'd pot metal (not a problem), but the actual shaft is brass. I'd put these in the medium-good quality range just by feeling them. Decent CTS clone, better than unbranded stuff. Very similar to a good Alpha pot, but looks and feels more like a Fender/CTS. My multimeter puts them at 236-254.Edit: June 2024, bought them again for another guitar. Same good quality. The old ones are still working great as well.