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07-10-2000, 03:05 PM
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I have a American Standard Fender Jazz Bass, I was wondering how do you take off the knobs (Volume and Tone) |
07-10-2000, 04:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Right behind you. | | | Grip them on the underside and pull straight up. If they've never been removed, they may be on a little tight.
I'm going to assume that you don't have the "dome style" knobs? If you do--there is a small set-screw in the side that you'll have to loosen first.
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07-18-2000, 03:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Madison, WI | | | the amstd basses have plastic knobs with set screws... youll have to get a small allen wrench that can fit in the screw. this is usually the same size as the screws that adjust your saddle height. just loosen the set screw and they come right off. |
07-28-2000, 05:37 PM
|  | No Longer Works a Day Job | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: USA | | | Hey if your bass in MIM then u should be able to pull em off..like the other guys said if it's the first time u've taken them off it's gonna be a tight fit..i tend to pry them up w/my big pick (it's a big Fender Heavy triangle pick]....that does the trick for me |
08-18-2000, 02:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Chicago NW 'burbs. | | | Like FenderJazzCam says, use a pick, medium is about the right thickness and stiffness. I push it under one edge and as I'm gently bending it up, I rotate the knob back a forth. This gently eases the knob up without damaging it or the pot. It also keeps the pick in one spot and doesn't slide it around on the pickguard which can scratch it. If you pry too hard at one spot you can mess up the inside of the knob and it won't fit too well after that.
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05-04-2010, 04:06 PM
| | | | I happened to simply rip out my dome-style knobs like a neanderthal and now i can't put them back on; they fall right off. Tightening the screw doesn't help. Could anyone help me out here? |
05-04-2010, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by tunafish  I happened to simply rip out my dome-style knobs like a neanderthal and now i can't put them back on; they fall right off. Tightening the screw doesn't help. Could anyone help me out here? | grab a flathead screwdriver, and put it in between the split pole, and open it up a little bit. i had to do it on my Pbass yesterday
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05-04-2010, 04:57 PM
| | | | what's the splitpole? |
05-04-2010, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Klopp18 grab a flathead screwdriver, and put it in between the split pole, and open it up a little bit. i had to do it on my Pbass yesterday | dont break either side of the split shafts though. or else you might have to pay some guy too much money to replace the pot.
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05-04-2010, 05:22 PM
| | | | the entire knobs, including the metal poles that are attached to them, won't stay attached to the pots. they won't function as normal knobs when i put them in, either. they'll spin 360 degrees rather than stop at a certain point. |
05-04-2010, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by tunafish the entire knobs, including the metal poles that are attached to them, won't stay attached to the pots. they won't function as normal knobs when i put them in, either. they'll spin 360 degrees rather than stop at a certain point. | You're kidding ... right ??? 
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05-04-2010, 06:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Great White North | | | Yea the split knob spinning 360 degress is bad news lol.. you need some new potentiometers
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05-04-2010, 06:07 PM
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nah - small screwdriver or allen wrench, depending on the bass, to loosen the knob. |
05-04-2010, 06:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Mini of Apolis........ | | | Have Chuck Norris just look at the knobs and grimace...they'll do what they're supposed to. |
05-04-2010, 06:14 PM
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05-05-2010, 03:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Perth, Australia | | | If they're the push on knobs (no set screw) use two spoons on a rag, one either side of the knob, pry it with even pressure, it'll pop right off. |
05-05-2010, 04:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Pilgrim Bring out the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch! | 
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05-05-2010, 05:10 AM
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Anybody look at the date on the original thread???? Quote:
Originally Posted by tunafish I happened to simply rip out my dome-style knobs like a neanderthal and now i can't put them back on; they fall right off. Tightening the screw doesn't help. Could anyone help me out here? | If your pots are split shaft, get the sleeves to use the screw knobs, or get some push on knobs. It sounds like you have other issues if the shafts spin, so show it to someone that knows about pots. |
05-05-2010, 06:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Perth, Australia | | | Hope he got them off then! |
05-05-2010, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by The Fumble If they're the push on knobs (no set screw) use two spoons on a rag, one either side of the knob, pry it with even pressure, it'll pop right off. | This, or any similar method like a shoelace, cord etc that you use to lift the knob straight up rather than from one side, is best.
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