Members Hoodoo Posted March 6, 2010 Members Share Posted March 6, 2010 I have a tele that I just switched out the volume pot in. I thought I had it setup correct (I unsoldered and then soldered) from the old pot to the new pot. Step by step- wire by wire. I even checked the Fender website and from what I can tell I have it wired correct according to the wiring diagram. However, the volume and tone pots are now not working correct. The volume knob, goes from loud to soft(still audible) to loud again. At full volume the tone knob doesn't work. At 0 full volume the tone knob works perfect. All the guitar has is a volume and tone knob, two pickups (neck/bridge). Any help would be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted March 6, 2010 Members Share Posted March 6, 2010 Did you get out your ohm meter to see if you have any bad connections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturn Posted March 6, 2010 Members Share Posted March 6, 2010 Did you run you cap from the middle post on the tone to the end post on the volume? If so check the ground. The cap should be soldered to the post and run through to the bottom of the volume pot to ground. That usually seems to be my downfall. I re-wired my bass last night and had a similar issue. I had a bad ground on my volume pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoodoo Posted March 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 6, 2010 No, I don't have one. I can go pick one up. With the way the volume pot is acting does it sound like a bad connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoodoo Posted March 6, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 6, 2010 Saturn! Thanks man! That's exactly what I did! I'll re wire it, but i'm sure thats it as I remember it now. Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturn Posted March 6, 2010 Members Share Posted March 6, 2010 With the tone and volume issues combined it sounds like you have a cold solder on one of your grounds. If you don't have a tone cap you could put a .022uf as I said in the last post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturn Posted March 6, 2010 Members Share Posted March 6, 2010 Saturn! Thanks man! That's exactly what I did! I'll re wire it, but i'm sure thats it as I remember it now. Sweet! Cool......Glad I could help. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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