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Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: Transcend on April 19, 2007, 04:19:25 AM

Title: what pots to use with BKs
Post by: Transcend on April 19, 2007, 04:19:25 AM

well i use my miracle man and im currently using a 500k pot and it only turns the volume down by quarter

but before when i was using it in same guitar with the ibanez v8 it used to go all the way down

could the pot be damaged or maybe it needs to be say a 250k pot???

this never bothered me until today.

it pissed me of that my guitar isnt fully functional

Title: what pots to use with BKs
Post by: Twinfan on April 19, 2007, 08:20:35 AM

Sounds like a faulty pot, and 500k is the right value.  I'd get a new one.

Title: what pots to use with BKs
Post by: Fourth Feline on April 20, 2007, 12:22:27 PM

I'm with Twinfan on this one ...  :D

Title: what pots to use with BKs
Post by: Transcend on April 20, 2007, 12:31:24 PM

k ill get a new one.

or maybe take one out of my les paul as i only use one control anyway

Title: what pots to use with BKs
Post by: Fourth Feline on April 20, 2007, 04:07:08 PM

- Just another possibility; seeing as this problem has suddenly occurred at a pickup change, re-check the wiring as compared with the pot on the other pickup.

Whilst I cannot think of any wiring combination/error that would give this problem, you may have installed them
( understandably ) hastily and soldered something wrong.

 :)

Title: what pots to use with BKs
Post by: Transcend on April 20, 2007, 05:04:26 PM

its just the one volume control.

just wondering because a friends guitar all the stuff that is ground is to a tab on the pickup selector rather than a pot.

would i be best doing this when i get the new pot to avoid heat damage?

Title: what pots to use with BKs
Post by: Twinfan on April 20, 2007, 06:08:09 PM

I don't see the point.  I've got grounds on the back of all four pots in both my Les Pauls and my SG.  All pots work perfectly.  I'd get a new pot and wire it up as it is now.

Title: what pots to use with BKs
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on April 20, 2007, 07:34:34 PM

The solution is simple: Don't use a volume control! PDT_008

Title: what pots to use with BKs
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on April 20, 2007, 08:10:46 PM

I suspect that you have somehow disconnected the earth wire from the pot or the tag of the pot that should be connected to the back of the pot (either by a wire or bent and soldered onto it) and also earthed out is somehow disconnected