Just picked up an Essex (sx) P bass and found that the VOlume knob does not turn the volume down, but only acts as a "mud knob," affecting mostly the tone.
Any ideas about what the deal is? I pm'd the orig owner and he said that no one has been into the works, and did not know there was a problem.
I'll try some Deoxit, but was wondering if anyone has seen something like this. Thanks.
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egad, a base tone denotes a bad age!
The tone knob rolls off the treble... not very musically, though, it sounds like an inexpensive tone knob. I play wide open in general, so not a real problem.
And no, I'm not getting the two confused! As a matter of fact I just fixed an Ibanez (1984 pointy one) and its knobs went: middle detented blend/vol/tone, right in a line. Odd, but I kind of liked it!
Pkr2, that sounds like the kind of thing that it would be. I'll look for the break in the grounding. Cheers.
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egad, a base tone denotes a bad age!
As a matter of fact I just fixed an Ibanez (1984 pointy one) and its knobs went: middle detented blend/vol/tone, right in a line. Odd, but I kind of liked it! 
