Sire V7 Preamp Cracked Pot

[gard0300]

Does anyone know if you can replace just the pot? I cracked one. The Vol - Tone to be exact. I can't find any brand name. I'm assuming its proprietorary. It may be easier to replace the preamp as a whole. Assuming Sire sells them separately. Any experience out there?

 

[Clark Dark]

It looks proprietary, one section is audio taper, the other section is linear taper. I would call Sire first.

 

[bholder]

Contact Sire. I think they're more likely to just send you a replacement for free rather than sell you one. Others on here have gotten broken pots and other parts replaced essentially for free, but if there is a service charge, I'd expect it to be reasonable. You can get custom pots made to almost any spec, but that's expensive, Sire buys them in bulk.

 

[gard0300]

They called me back. $75.00 for a replacement.

 

[jlepre]

They called me back. $75.00 for a replacement.

That's the way I had to go. Just put mine in this past weekend. Good as new.

 

[AdrianoBassC]

Hi,
What the pots value? 100k, 250k, 10k...?

 

[orik]

That's the way I had to go. Just put mine in this past weekend. Good as new.

Was it a replacement for the pot or the whole preamp?

 

[sissy kathy]

Does it still work? Wrap some vinyl tape around it, have it blessed, and call it good.

 

[jay1000]

can these pots not just be de-soldered from the board and replaced ?

 

[96tbird]

can these pots not just be de-soldered from the board and replaced ?

Yes but because it’s linear/audio stacked, it’s custom and you will have a hard time buying just one unit.

 

[Mstislav]

Does anyone know if you can replace just the pot? I cracked one. The Vol - Tone to be exact. I can't find any brand name. I'm assuming its proprietorary. It may be easier to replace the preamp as a whole. Assuming Sire sells them separately. Any experience out there?

Did you find any solution to the problem? the same thing happened to me ... I have broken the tone / volume potentiometer.

 

[Funkinthetrunk]

Sire is really good about helping customers...if you're orig owner, they may send you one for free. Worst case $75 for whole new preamp. I've bought preamps from them to install on non Sire basses, they sound great.