DK2 Dinky volume knob

[jackson1]

Instead of drilling a hole, I would have ditched the tone, then swapped the remaining potentiomenter with a push-push potentiometer, giving two functions in one pot: vol + kill.

It would be cool if Budman made custom thin washers to cover the hole from a removed pot. I bet he could think of a way to make it fit the hole and snap right into place - a tight fit or small lips to grab the wood.

A black anodized one for the Rhoads control plate would be pretty easy. Black, white, red, veneered, flamed maple, mahogany.... would be cool also

[straycat]

Lowes has plastic hole covers that work just fine you find them in the washer and screw bins.

[tanpsi]

I think the reason is like that for the strat, so you can play and adjust the volume at the same time (volume swells)

but that's not exactly in everyones every day vocabulary.

I've noticed that the USA dinkys volume is further away than import dinkys and USA soloists.

[emperor_black]

I've always fanned my fingers out George Lynch style, so my fingers go right over the knob and never touch it.

+1
I've never hit the vol knob. Maybe you should have started this thread BEFORE drilling the hole so people could have given you better suggestions. But the kill-switch is a great option to have.

[thylantyr]

I like the mod better now. No worries.

Jackson Guitar -> Line 6 Spider II -> DIY home speakers {optional}

Simple rig.

For the concert feel, I connect the Spider amp combo
to my home DIY speakers. It's pretty sweet. DIY audio
is my main hobby along with electronics. Guitar is a side
project to make noise until I figure out how to play
decent.

Repost:

DIY speakers;

http://home.pacbell.net/lordpk/robarray/

*New* Line array spl test video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3z-qXOOjQE

The distortion you hear is not the speaker, it's
the camcorder microphone getting battered by
high SPL and saturating, thus recording its distortion
on tape. The sound you hear in person is very clean.

I can crank 120dB[c] of midrange SPL, >126dB[c]
of upper midbass -- from the listening position, not
close up like others do to get higher SPL scores. lol

Note: No subwoofers running, if I did, the SPL scores
wouldn't be valid.

I'm using Roland M1000 mixer + DCX2496 + (4) QSC
PLX3402 proamps to drive that speaker system.

The mixer is nice. I didn't buy it for mixing, rather it's
receiving the digital signal from my CD player and
I use the Roland as my master digital volume control
for the sound system, then it feeds the digital crossover {DCX}, then it drives the proamps.
Lean setup, yet pretty powerful for an 'entry level' design. Only recently have I
used the mixer feature, play music and mix the guitar.

[Newc]

Hey lets all drill holes in our guitars and kill the value by 100%

It's a DK2, what resale are you worried about?

For that matter, it's a Jackson, what resale value are you worried about?

[straycat]

True...... what was I thinking?

[emperor_black]

For that matter, it's a Jackson, what resale value are you worried about?

+1
I thought I scored a real deal on my SL2HT by paying under $1300 while a brand new one costs close to $1800 + 6 month wait, I saw one that sold on eBay yesterday for under $1100 It had gotoh tuners, active EMG's and what not. It must have costed the guy over $2000. sold at 50% loss!!

[Axewielder]

I found a chrome "hole plug" at home depot that I used to plug the volume knob hole (fits perfectly). I agree, the volume knob placement really sucks for aggressive playing.

[JACKS0NESP]

yeah, the placing sucks on all jacksons that I know of...I hit it all the time when playing fast solos. But, I don't want to kill the resale of the guitar. Maybe I'll just take the knob dome off?

[stevoc]

I found a chrome "hole plug" at home depot that I used to plug the volume knob hole (fits perfectly). I agree, the volume knob placement really sucks for aggressive playing.

If I went to home depot to get one, what section would I find it in? ALso, is there a specific size you had to buy?

[Axewielder]

If I recall correctly, there were only two sizes that were remotely close and I bought one of each. They were in this large bin of grommets and stuff in the hardware/nuts/bolts aisle.

[jcm800x]

I have that problem too, I changed the knobs on my Model 2 and DK2M to Fender knobs, helps my hand pass over easier.

[emperor_black]

I have a theory why Jacksons have this problem. Some might agree, some might not. Anyway...

Jacksons are called "Soloists" for a reason. They are built concentrating mainly on the lead guitar player where you need a quick access to the vol and tone knobs while playing. They are not built for aggressive palm-muted down-picking. That would also explain why even the high end jacksons come with the "trebly" Duncan pair.

Gibsons on the other hand with their mahogany bodies, fat rounded shapes are good for down-picking and hence dont have the problem. Its not Jackson's fault that guitarists are changing the pickups on their guitars and using them for aggressive downpicking. That said, I've never had the problem. maybe I am not playing aggressive enough.

[Axewielder]

I have a theory why Jacksons have this problem. Some might agree, some might not. Anyway...

Jacksons are called "Soloists" for a reason. They are built concentrating mainly on the lead guitar player where you need a quick access to the vol and tone knobs while playing. They are not built for aggressive palm-muted down-picking. That would also explain why even the high end jacksons come with the "trebly" Duncan pair.

Gibsons on the other hand with their mahogany bodies, fat rounded shapes are good for down-picking and hence dont have the problem. Its not Jackson's fault that guitarists are changing the pickups on their guitars and using them for aggressive downpicking. That said, I've never had the problem. maybe I am not playing aggressive enough.

For me, it's not really "downpicking" per se but "rocking the wrist" that gets me in trouble. When I keep my right hand 3rd and 4th fingers planted on the face of the guitar (alternate speed picking), I am fine. However, when the fingers come off the guitar for a more ragged, rhythmic playing style (still alternate picking), I crash into the volume knob big time. Note this is on SL's, KE's, WR's, and DK's (KV's and RR's are OK).