I'm trying to teach myself how to swap out pots and tone caps and just do general soldering work. I made a lot of rookie mistakes but now I'm getting good connections. And I'm getting a good strong signal from the pickup. The problem is the volume taper or lack of taper. 10 - 8 is acting correctly 8 - 0 is all silence. This is the 3rd pot I've tried with the same result. Gibson CTS and Alpha Obviously I'm making a basic error. Can anyone steer me in the right direction? Have you seen this problem before? Any connection in particular I should look at closer? thanks
Are you using the right value of pot? Sounds like you're using a very low value pot. Get a multimeter, a.k.a. volt-ohm meter, a.k.a. DMM for digital multimeter. They're available for less than ten dollars, and are indispensable for electronics troubleshooting. I always try to confirm a part's value with a DMM before I install it, part of my "measure twice, saw once" philosophy.
Don't know what a log pot is, but I'll look into that. These are the pots I'm using right now. 500k and I tried a 1meg. http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups/Potentiometers/CTS_Control_Pots.html The multimeter sounds like a good idea though.
Pardon me for getting this back to the top again. Has anyone heard of this problem before? The fact that three pots from 3 different makers are doing the same thing is making me rule them out as a cause. It's either my fault or the pickup. Any thoughts would be appreciated. This is frustrating. thanks
Yeah that's a good idea. The whole thing is apart now (I'm routing for a second pickup). When I get it back together I'll post a pic.
Few different types of pots I'm just reading it .. I think yours is a audio taper, well that's what it says on your like,
