kh15 Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 my epiphone dot hollow bodys pots are a mess when im plugged in and when i mess around with the tone and volume knobs i get and awefull crackling noise, how can i take the pots out and clean them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 It is going to take a little patience but remove the knobs and undo the nut holdiing the pots to the body. Slide them out and try to get them in an area where you can work on them while protecting the guitar body itself with a clean towel. Radio Shack sells contact cleaner which comes in a spray can with an enjecter tube to control the flow. Spray it into the sides of the each pot around the contact areas inside and twist the pot back n forth. The cleaner will evaporate, then wipe any reside you may find (shouldn't be any) and replace the pots back into their original holes and tighten, put your knobs back on and play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 You know, hollow bodies are such a pain to work on without doing damage, I would replace the offending pots with good quality new ones. The cost is miniscule compared to the labor and it will be a long-lasting repair. IMHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh15 Posted March 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 well i will try to clean them with that cleaner but i its not to big of a deal i dont really play the guitar alot, i just cant get used to it i mostly play my prs and fender but thats a diffrent story. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 Here's the stuff to use : Tuner Cleaner. Be really careful about using fancy hi-tech contact cleaners (like Deoxit®), because they can be very aggressive and often cause more harm than good ( you haven't lived until you've dissolved a conductive plastic pot in an active bass on a Saturday afternoon and had to hunt a replacement down before a 9:00 gig ). And if the pots feel rough or crunchy when you turn them, I'm with thedoctor -replacing them means you won't have to do the job twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 DeOxit is also highly reactive with bare aluminum. It didn't use to say so on the can-printed instructions but I know they paid for a lot of new computer chip heatsinks because of it. Surely some of the pots out there have some Al in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbenjy Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 my gutiar teacher said WD40 would do the trick for dirty pots...but im replacing anyway, so i got lucky with the time my crap ones started to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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