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Post by darkinertia on Jun 2, 2006 21:21:14 GMT -5
im pretty much new to everything about wiring guitars/basses/anything and i just wanted to know that if it matters if you use different gauges of wire than the stock or if you can use 2 different gauges on one bass im asking this cuz something is wrong with my squier p-bass(other than the fact its a squier ;D) and it crackles when i turn what i think is to be the volume knob, but it does nothing when i turn it , so i figure that if i completely re-wire it properly(its preowned and it looks like crap inside and looks nothing like the universal wiring for a p-bass schematic i have)...so does anyone know what my problem is? thanks in advance
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Post by vonFrenchie on Jun 2, 2006 22:51:55 GMT -5
Gauge is just the thickness of the wire. It shouldn't effect it, at least I dont think it would.
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Post by wolf on Jun 3, 2006 1:05:27 GMT -5
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Post by darkinertia on Jun 3, 2006 1:18:35 GMT -5
actually i just want to know how to fix the crackling sound from the volume pot....on the main site it said something about using cleaner on it but it was very vague....
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Post by fobits on Jun 3, 2006 6:31:43 GMT -5
actually i just want to know how to fix the crackling sound from the volume pot....on the main site it said something about using cleaner on it but it was very vague.... Radio Shack sells stuff called "Contact & Head Cleaner" in a small aerosol can. It's used to clean gunk from the heads of tape recorders and it can often rescue a bad pot. The idea is to spray it in around the shaft, then keep turning the control back and forth while it evaporates. There isn't much clearance, but it has good penetration power and often it will work. Whether it is worth it is another matter. If you are up to a bit of soldering, you can replace the pot with a new one for about the same price. That's a better cure.
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Post by RandomHero on Jun 3, 2006 6:59:51 GMT -5
There's no guarantee that stuff will work, either. Depending on the amount of grime and moisture that pot has been exposed to, it may be irreparably damaged. There's also the chance, from the sounds of it, that whatever lunkhead took a soldering iron to your bass overheated the shells on the pots, which will also cause crackling or just flat failure. Definitely worth it to totally replace it.
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Post by darkinertia on Jun 3, 2006 14:55:00 GMT -5
i guess im off to gutiar center no problem there
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Post by vonFrenchie on Jun 3, 2006 15:49:49 GMT -5
oh the magical guitar center. they always have great service.
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Post by UnklMickey on Jun 5, 2006 15:56:16 GMT -5
...The idea is to spray it in around the shaft, then keep turning the control back and forth while it evaporates. There isn't much clearance, but it has good penetration power and often it will work. Whether it is worth it is another matter. If you are up to a bit of soldering, you can replace the pot with a new one for about the same price. That's a better cure. Frank, an even more effective way to use that stuff is from behind the pot. there will usually be a gap between the lugs and the case on the rear of the pot. and sometimes a slot in the rear of the case 180 0 from the center lug. it is much easier to flood the guts with cleaner thru either of those openings. but i thoroughly agree with the later statement. if all he hears is crackling, but no sound, the pot is probably too far gone. cleaning would be, at best, at temporary fix. or maybe someone has stuffed the wiring. unk
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Post by darkinertia on Jun 5, 2006 19:27:25 GMT -5
well actually i only hear crackling when i turn the knob...and thats only when i start getting to the peak of the pot (6-10)
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