Tone Pot Weirdness

[knigel]

Hello all,

Recently I wired up a guitar for my brother (2 humbuckers, V / T / 3 way). It works great except the tone pot is acting weird--all the way up, it's muted and garbled, roll it back and it sounds fine, roll it back more and it's basically a volume that goes completely quiet. I graduated from The Hillsborough Academy of Detection and Subterfuge, and through that education I know one thing--I did something wrong. Did I do something commonly wrong that is easily diagnosable? Is it a bad pot, or did I use the wrong cap (.47)?

I can eventually get a picture, but not for a bit as I wait for the guitar to come back. What say you all?

 

[line6man]

Assuming that your numerical value is in microFarads, 0.47uF is an exceptionally high value for a tone capacitor. The standard value for high impedance pickups is one-tenth of that. (0.047uF.) Start by using this value.

 

[knigel]

Sorry! It's a .047.

 

[line6man]

The next step is to check your wiring for anything unusual. If that doesn't help, then try to clean the pot.

 

[SteveCS]

What is the value of the pot and how many of the terminals are connected to anything? Hint...only two of the tone pot tags should have connections to them...

 

[knigel]

What is the value of the pot and how many of the terminals are connected to anything? Hint...only two of the tone pot tags should have connections to them...

As soon as I read this I knew what I did wrong. Seriously, thanks everyone for your help.