I replaced the preamp in my Warwick FNA Jazzman a while ago with an Aguilar OPB-3. The preamp came with 50k pots for the bass treble and mid controls, which I installed. My bass pot went bad so I got another 50k to replace it with. Before installing I checked it with the multimeter and it correctly measrued out to 50K. For kicks I checked the existing treble and mid pots and both measured out to 23.5k. Is there something causing this? They are lableled as 50k pots and came from Aguilar - am I missing out on some EQ range or is this just some measurement quirk?
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50K Pots Measuring out to 23k?
- Thread starter DrBone
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No I did not - the treble pot still had the three wires connected to the pre-amp.
I guess that would do it? The circuit goes from being just contained within the pot itself to going out through the preamp and back to the opposite prong on the pot?
I guess that would do it? The circuit goes from being just contained within the pot itself to going out through the preamp and back to the opposite prong on the pot?
Yeah if you measure it while connected you're measuring the pot along with anything else that is connected to it.
