stockler707 Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 i've got a strat question and a lp question... lp first i've got a cheapie epiphone LP and it's really a great guitar and i've never had any problems with it until yesterday, i plugged it into my vox pathfinder and it just wouldn't get anywhere near the volume that i know it's capable of.. so i thought it was the amp, so i unplugged it and knocked it around a bit, cause i figured it was a solder problem.. then i plugged it in to another amp... and same problem... it's very quiet... i tried all three positions on the PU switch and none of them work... it's a really quiet output.. im thinking it could be the volume knob? anybody have any ideas? strat problem one of my bandmates has a squier strat and he (god knows how) twisted it off inside of the socket so the bit of threded rod isn't sticking out of the guitar, it's down inside it... any ideas on how to get it out? Hugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockler707 Posted January 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 after reading my post again i noticed that the strat question makes no sense... the whammy bar is what's twisted off thanks hugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted January 16, 2004 Report Share Posted January 16, 2004 For the lp, have you tried spraying any electronic cleaner into the pot? My Ibanez always gets a bit nasty after a while and the volume goes nuts. A blast of the cleaner always does the trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 for the Strat question, the easiest way is to replace the trem. you can get a standard 6 screw import trem on ebay for about $20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 The LP sounds like a pot problem. Get it to quit smoking it . Seriously, clean it, and if that doesnt work, get a new pot. The squire....a new trem block. The squire is worth more thn it will ot to fix it. Tell him not to tighten the bastard down so much. Buy a new guitar, or replace the trem or just the trem block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 squires are gay....i have one...feels nice though...hmm shouldthe pickups with genuine mexixan strat p/ups that i found on ebay. would it sound any better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renablistic Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 here's an idea for the strat... take a metal rod (Smaller in diameter than the whammy bar) and get some sodder, and a hot knife, and sodder the metal rod to the piece stuck inside, and then just twist it out like you would a regular whammy bar, then just buy a new bar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockler707 Posted January 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 for the LP i cleaned the pots, output jack, and 3-way, and no luck... what do you think i should try to replace first the volume pot, or 3-way switch? i hear that EPI 3-ways are kind of infamous for going out... thanks, hugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarchump Posted January 17, 2004 Report Share Posted January 17, 2004 Umm my friend had a problem like that on his LP and all that happend was the pickups were to low how ever that happened i dont know. and for the strat i have no idea if your talking wammy bar. but what your saying sounds like the jack to me and that its wires came off inside or the nut fell off and the threaded part is in side the guitar then just take the plate of and rewire it on. and if it was the wammy bartry drilling a hole in the metal in the left in hole with either a pining drill (for modle working) or a normal drill carfully a hole on the rod and use the hole to help you get it out with a screwdriver (small kind ). this may help i have done simmilarthings and it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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