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'98 Roscoe Beck V jazz bass - Tone POt?

Tone pot doesn't work on my bass, it's full treble all the time and crackles if you mess with it. Does anyone know the right part for tone pot? Looks like item 16 on page three of manual? "push-pull 27k? "
I looked on Sweetwater's site, and all the ones that look right say 500k or 250k. Sorry, I don't know much about this stuff. TY
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The 27K you’re seeing is for the resistor on the pot. See the detail drawing.

It doesn’t say the value but it’s probably a 250k value since that what the volume control is. Either that or take out the old one and see what it’s marked.

Also, I’d recommend maybe touching up the solder joints and hitting it with some deoxit. It could be a cold joint or dirt on the pot wiper.
 
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