Volume pot dies around 9 or 10 - bad wiring or need a new pot?

[periodical]

I just rewired a J pass to have a series parallel switch, and put in new pots all around. The bridge volume pot works fine until the very end, where the sound just cuts off. It seems like a bad pot, but I don't know for sure. Expert advice if anyone has it.

[JustDavid]

I'd guess bad pot. Swap bridge & neck vol pots yet?

[line6man]

Some people have done the "nailpolish mod" on their tone controls...
It sounds to me like maybe the resistive element at the end of the rotation may be blocked by a piece of debris or something.
Try cleaning out the pot and see if that helps.

[Searcy]

Might have damaged the pot by over heating it while soldering. I would replace the pot either way.