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Once again, I appologize for posting twice in a row.

That being said, I'd like to thank those of you who weren't so pretentious and judgmental, that being pretty much every other post on this thread aside from Westhemann's. (pmarlin, with regards to "you still seem to think its one peice, how the hell did it fit thru that little hole": the knob and pot were one piece, not the guitar and the knob. I understand why this would be confusing, or seem relatively impossible, but I assure you, it was. I also recognize that this was most likely not a factory setup.)

As a final statement on the matter, I don't see why this had to have been such a big deal.

Cheers.

Electronics newb or not,those pots are in no way one piece with the knobs.they are just stuck because they are on tight and have been there a while.I promise that you made a huge mistake,and a mistake that NOBODY I have ever known has ever made.

I have had some knobs so stuck that it took very careful work to remove,and some that were plastic even cracked...but most knobs are installed without screws of any kind.

Why does every nood say "I am not a noob"?only a person with ZERO guitar experience would make that mistake you made,so next time take the advice you are given instead of risking someone else's instrument that they might actually care about.

...Cool man. Way to keep the peace as a moderator.

Granted maybe no one did that before, do I really care? Not one bit. Even if I did make a mistake, does that inherently mean that I'm an idiot? Wait, wouldn't making fun of people's questions be in violation of forum rules? Hmm... "Most knobs are installed without screws of any kind" well no **** buddy. I never said that you can't take a knob off without there being screws on it. Ever. Also, you ever think that maybe, JUST MAYBE, there's something that you dont know? I mean, it's clear to me that you're obviously god; but hey, there's a first time for everything. As for "taking the advice you are given instead of risking someone else's instrument that they might actually care about" I was not getting paid for this. This was a favor to a friend. If I did break or damage anything (which I didn't, and the suggested methods said that they had) I would have probably just bought him a new guitar. On that topic still, I wasn't even given any advice at all until you and a couple others mocked my question. With over 20 years of experience working on guitar's electronics, do you think that maybe there's a reason I asked? I've never seen anything like that before. It was really, really wierd; hence my asking.

For the record, do you try to belittle everyone who asks a question / tries to find a better solution than the first thing they think of? Because, I was under the impression that this forum was to help people learn, not for insecure people to try to convince others that they're worth life.

But since you're a moderator, you'll probably take this post down, ban me from the forum, or try in some frantic way to respond in an effort to make me look like an idiot. So fly at 'er buddy.

I don't haved much faith in this refinishing commision working out too well

well considering his first post was titled "I'm a finishing newb" only a few months ago I imagine you're right

Sorry about posting twice in a row, I know that most people hate that.

Granted yes, relatively, I'm a finishing noob. Not an electronics noob. I have my Journeyman's electricians ticket, I've been building pickups for about 10 years, and work as a sound service technician for a radio station. I've been building, repairing and rebuilding sound equipment for a long, long time.

Just because I've only started refinishing guitars, doesn't mean I've just started working on them, Chum.

What you do is, you get yourself a beaver and turn that little sucker loose. When he finds the guitar he will chew that bad boy up and when he's done, there you are.

Best advice ever, haha. As for the rest of the 'advice', I appreciate it... but I'm not a total noob. The guitar (if you can call a warlock that, -just my opinion folks-) is quite old, relatively. There are no screws on the volume/tone knobs, the knobs themselves are one piece with thier pots, respectively.

Fortunately, I managed to take apart the pots themselves without any damage. Yes, that was my last resort. Oh well, problem solved.

Thanks Fellas

Special thanks to marksound.

I've been doing some refinishing/ routing work for some friends of mine, and I was recently given a BC Rich Bronze Series Warlock to refinish. It took some time for me to actually get around to starting it, and I assumed it would be quick, given all of the flat surfaces.

However, after removing everything I realized that the Volume and Tone knobs were one piece with the pots on the inside. They don't screw off, they are actually one solid piece.

I was wondering if any of you folks have any experience with these 'guitars' or could lend me some info. on how to remove the pots without damaging them.

Thanks a lot.

Alright, cool. Thanks alot man, big help.

Cheers.

I'm not exactly sure, it just seemed to me that the process would have to be different. The neck joint is different than any of my other guitars, and I was just wondering if theres any differences (any at all) between the process used for bolt-on necks vs. set necks; just a general question.

thanks alot man

All of the tutorials and whatnot I've come across only deal with Bolt-On guitars. It must be possible to refinish a set-neck guitar. My question is how? Or, where can I find a tutorial of how to do so? I will try any techniques I come across on scrap wood, / scrap guitars. I posted this same thing in Shop Talk, as I was unsure where to post.

Anything will help, thanks

All of the tutorials and whatnot I've come across only deal with Bolt-On guitars. It must be possible to refinish a set-neck guitar. My question is how? Or, where can I find a tutorial of how to do so? I will try any techniques I come across on scrap wood, / scrap guitars.

Anything will help, thanks