Members SpliffyJonez Posted August 27, 2005 Members Share Posted August 27, 2005 Some guitars companies, including Fenders and Epiphone, wire their lefty guitars wrong. They reverse the two outside lugs on the pots to make the volume/tone increase/decrease by turning the knob in the opposite direction than standard right-handed guitars. This works, but not properly. Instead of getting a nice gradualdecrease in highs as you turn the tone knob, wired the lefty way, you get almost no change from 0-9, then suddenly it goes full on tone from 9-10. I think this has to do with the pots being log(audio) pots and not linear. I didn't know this before and haven't got good use out of the tone/volume controls until I re-wired them the standard right handed way. I think it's better and easier for leftys to get used to turning theknob the opposite way than to have controls that aren't useful. I checked at the music store today and the only lefty guitars that had pots wired the standard way were gibsons. Epiphones and Fenders were all wired reverse. Any leftys here notice this? You guys think we should let Fender and Epiphone know this? You think they'll care? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted August 27, 2005 Members Share Posted August 27, 2005 ask these dudes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andy6789 Posted August 27, 2005 Members Share Posted August 27, 2005 on my LTD i notice this with the tone pot but not the 2 volumes, strange that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hare.29 Posted August 29, 2005 Members Share Posted August 29, 2005 Hey, yeah. I've been a bit bummed about the tone knobs on my AS-820. I have no change from 10-~1 then it just acts like a switch from 1-0. I thought it was the pots, but with a semi-hollowbody I haven't gotten around to changing them. It'd be nice if I only have to rewire. The volumes are fine, though. Maybe a difference in how the signal is affected between tone and volume? I started out playing righty guitars left handed, so I'm forever confused by left-handed knobs now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A_Gitarman Posted August 29, 2005 Members Share Posted August 29, 2005 funny you should mention this, I have a friend who I've helped re-wire almost all of his guitars to remove the tone circuit because he has never found a use for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted August 29, 2005 Members Share Posted August 29, 2005 Sounds like the pots are "audio taper" and wired for right hand use. By reversing the wiring you make the pot actually worse than normal taper because it will actually do the opposite of what it was intended. I'm amazed guitar manufacturers are doing this routinely..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonny guitar Posted August 29, 2005 Members Share Posted August 29, 2005 Lefty guitars need lefty tapered pots....sounds like yours are righties with the wiring reversed. I wired some like that and got the same results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpliffyJonez Posted August 31, 2005 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Do they even make lefty-tapered pots? I have never heard of such pots. I doubt they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Hmmm...A great business opportunity...I'm on the phone to China... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 Originally posted by SpliffyJonez Do they even make lefty-tapered pots? I have never heard of such pots. I doubt they do. Inquiring (enquiring?) minds what to know. I've always wondered about this, but I was affraid I'd sound stupid if I asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Boner Posted August 31, 2005 Members Share Posted August 31, 2005 No group on the planet is discriminated worse than us lefties. It's so bad that I didn't even realize that I had backward pots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moots Posted March 11, 2021 Members Share Posted March 11, 2021 15 year later, anybody find 1 meg lefty pots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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