Neck pup pot scratchy\crapping out.

[rappa29]

The neck pickup pot on my Precision Special craps out kinda.

Reason I'm saying kinda is because sometimes it's fine, sometimes it's not.

For example, at rehearsal Saturday, I had both pickups dimed during a song. At the end of the song I went to turn them down to zero and noticed only the bridge pickup was working. Not sure at what point during the song the neck pup crapped out. I fiddled with the neck pot and it came back up.

Any ideas what the issue could be?

The bass is a 2002. I bought it used, so it's possible it's just old and dirty and may need cleaning or possible resolder?

TIA, I don't know anything about guitar electronics!

[Scottgun]

Dirty pot. For a quick, short-term fix, rapidly turn it back and forth. Eventually you need solder a new pot in there. They are cheap.

[BaldBass]

I've had good luck cleaning pots with tuner cleaner you can get a can at Radio Shack for a few bucks (the stuff was originally designed for the old rotary TV tuners).

[darthplagis]

if you cant get contact cleaner (see above) you cab try WD40 as a makeshift till you get a new pot, just squirt it in the pot either from above where the knob attaches, or from under the pickguard.

i would say try cleaning 1st as soldering pots with out experience can be a pain