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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2015 0:36:17 GMT -5
Larger pots allow easier repair.
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Post by rabidgerry on Oct 12, 2015 4:40:03 GMT -5
Larger pots allow easier repair. is that the only benefit? I just replace a bad pot rather than try and fix em. Mind you I don't tend to have many pot issues. Usually a clean is all they need. Still waiting on this pot being delivered. Should get it today. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2015 7:19:29 GMT -5
Larger pots allow easier repair. is that the only benefit? I just replace a bad pot rather than try and fix em. Mind you I don't tend to have many pot issues. Usually a clean is all they need. Still waiting on this pot being delivered. Should get it today. easier repair = easier manufacturing = less problems, IMHO |
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Post by rabidgerry on Oct 14, 2015 8:13:08 GMT -5
So much easier to replcae them.
Well guess what, the dam pot does not fit. It's much to long. The knob doesn't sit anywhere close to the body and looks ridiculous.
I may go back to plan A. Route out a little more wood for a recess to allow the pot to stick out a little further.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2015 8:17:16 GMT -5
So much easier to replcae them. Well guess what, the dam pot does not fit. It's much to long. The knob doesn't sit anywhere close to the body and looks ridiculous. I may go back to plan A. Route out a little more wood for a recess to allow the pot to stick out a little further. add some 2-3 washers from the cavity side, where the pot's top secures to the body. |
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Post by newey on Oct 14, 2015 18:09:41 GMT -5
If you have enough depth in the cavity, that'll work. More elegant a solution is to use another nut, one nut above and one below (you should also add washers as well, one on each side, under the nuts.). This allows the depth to be precisely set, and for it to be set tight to the body. Again, the cavity depth will be the determinant.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2015 0:41:46 GMT -5
If you have enough depth in the cavity, that'll work. More elegant a solution is to use another nut, one nut above and one below (you should also add washers as well, one on each side, under the nuts.). This allows the depth to be precisely set, and for it to be set tight to the body. Again, the cavity depth will be the determinant. + OTOH, if he found one pot in the market that is too short (the original that he had) and one that is too long (this new one), chances are that he will find eventually the pot of his ideal length. |
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Post by rabidgerry on Oct 20, 2015 5:58:56 GMT -5
I thought about the extra nut idea as I have done that in the past. It's a no, no as well because the lower part of the shaft is too long. So if I move the shaft further back inside the cavity none of the bushing is exposed and therefore we are back to square one, I can't fasten a nut around the bushing to hold the pot in place.
So if I poke it through all the way I get enough bushing, but I have ridiculously high lower shaft of the control which positions the control knob a long way away from the guitar body. So for it to not look so silly I need to move the pot back inside the hole a bit. And of course when I do this I'm back to no bushing exposure.
I doubt I can get another post exactly the length I need in all areas. Its too big an ask. I really think making a little recess, 5mm or so is the way forward to install the original pot I bought.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2015 6:19:41 GMT -5
So if I poke it through all the way I get enough bushing, but I have ridiculously high lower shaft of the control which positions the control knob a long way away from the guitar body. Just cut the excess from the shaft with a metal saw, either the inner shaft or the outer one whatever bothers you. Make sure both still turn. |
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Post by rabidgerry on Nov 25, 2015 10:51:41 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2015 14:07:43 GMT -5
symptoms? no sound? no working volume pot? no working tone pot? Anyway in case you screwed up with your wiring, (which is what you did), you came to the right place  |
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Post by rabidgerry on Nov 25, 2015 14:31:46 GMT -5
Got it sorted, the tip connection from the output jack had broken during surgery. And the signal connection tab from the selector switch was also touching the shielding. So I have now re-soldered the output jack and insulated the pickup switch. Tested with multimeter through the output, the correct readings so should be good to plug in and test.
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Post by cynical1 on Nov 25, 2015 15:33:02 GMT -5
Nice job on the wood butchery. That's exactly the way to fix it. Using the engraving bit was smart, as those things don't cut fast or deep.
Glad it all worked out.
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Post by rabidgerry on Nov 25, 2015 18:45:32 GMT -5
Nice job on the wood butchery. That's exactly the way to fix it. Using the engraving bit was smart, as those things don't cut fast or deep. Glad it all worked out. HTC1 Thank you. I wouldn't be into ruining a guitar or doing something like this normally but the idea in my head made sense. I never had a dremel before and I knew that was the tool that I could get my hands on and use for the job since I had no drill press etc. However when I bought the dremel I made sure I got one with the extension shaft that basically allows you to work with a much slimmer object in your hand and allow for better precession in a small space like that. Needless to say it worked like a charm. Before I did anything I tried out the would engraving bits one by one on an old piece of wood to get an idea of how fast and how much wood they would scrape away, and also what shape they would cut out. It didn't take long before I knew to go for the smallest one I had which was a little ball end like bit. I basically got out as much as possible in the shape I wanted and then saw the sanding disks and thought, "boy I could finesse this using one of those, and they are round so they will help cut out the area". It worked!! I spaced the work out over a few days or so doing an hour or so each time, taking my time not rushing. This was so I didn't screw up in some mad desperation to get the pot to fit in deep enough. Very happy with the results and now I have tone and volume in one knob. Finally now I can start playing the axe!! |
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