Pott Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 The pot in another guitar worked fine, but now it doesn't change much to the volume until it reaches about 2 or 1, then cuts abruptly. I'm thinking I need to swap out the wiper and resistor wires? I use it as volume, and everything else is wired correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 That sounds exactly like what happens when you use a linear taper pot as a volume control... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pott Posted January 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 It worked fine in the other guitar though, that's what I don't get... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 It worked fine in the other guitar though, that's what I don't get... Yeah, that is weird. It doesn't make sense, but that is how a linear taper pot would respond. It must have something to do with how one was wired vs. the other, I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Heres an idea. If it was a log taper pot (as usual), but wired with the outer lugs reversed, it would behave like that. In that case, volume would be increasing with an anticlockwise turn instead of a normal clockwise. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 Honestly, if cleaning doesn't fix it, troubleshooting and repairing pots that suddenly malfunction is kinda like herding cats - it can probably be done, but it's a lot of trouble for what's at best a less than reliable result. Unless there's a compelling reason to hang on to that pot ( and I can't think of one, but that's just me), replace the offender and get on with your life. As always, YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAArthur Posted January 16, 2006 Report Share Posted January 16, 2006 It's easy to guess. What I would want to know is the difference in the pickups from the first guitar to the next. The next would be the difference in the type of guitars. Say for example, if the first guitar had humbuckers and the second had single coils, I would expect this type of behavior. I would agree that it sounds like typical linear taper pot operation. On the other hand, it could also be caused by a faulty ground connection. Without an adequate ground, most any pot won't seem to have any control over the volume. If the swap was from a tele style to an SG or Les Paul style and the back of the volume controls weren't grounded to each other, the same symptom would result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pott Posted January 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 It used to be in a Basswood Super Strat with a Seymour Duncan FullShred with Ceramic magnet. Now it's in a single bucker, one volume only Kramer Stagemaster. Pickup is a SH5 Custom with oversized Ceramic magnet. I'll get a new pot soon I think. Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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