When did THIS happen?

[bombtek]

Here's what I did to remedy that exact issue and it worked like a charm with no visible modifications to the guitar.
Go to home depot...buy rubber o rings that'll fit over the pot but smaller than the knob....put two of them over the pot then put the knob back on pushing the top of the knob while securing it with the set screw...this will compress the o rings onto the guitar body and bottom off the knob...this offers all the resistance you will need and its adjustable.

[vector]

Bombtek for the win!

[stevoc]

You could swap them, unhook the tone, then put the unconnected tone pot in the volume hole. So it won't do anything when you bump it, but the guitar still looks normal.

(I think that's what hunter1970 was suggesting)

If you disconnect the tone knob, thus making the tone remain at a constant, which level is constantly at? (highs or lows)

[Brandenburg]

i kept having a problem with my volume lowering when i played.. my solution was to use a push/pull volume pot and wire my the pot with a a bypass.. you pull the pot.. you have 100% volume..and no tone.. actually you get a tad more volume this way since there is no load at all.. even with a volume turned all the way up on a pot.. there is still a small load on the signal

[Ward]

If you disconnect the tone knob, thus making the tone remain at a constant, which level is constantly at? (highs or lows)

If you completely disconnect the tone, it is similar to the tone on 10 (all the highs are present). It is actually even brighter because the tone pot will take out some of the highs even if it is fully open (on 10).

[Newc]

Jackson really needs to move the volume pot either back an inch or forward an inch. Where it is on most of their models is a pain for those who are not playing claw-hammer style. I end up having to pick further forward than I like for tone to keep from hitting the knob.

As for unhooking the tone, it will be like not having one at all, so it's at 100%.

Since Jackson is unlikely to move their pot location (which wouldn't help those of us who already own one), what the world needs is a low profile knob that is not also smaller - just shorter. That might help. You might also look into the concentric stacked knobs and try using either the smaller one or the flat one.

[RGA5150]

They should go to the PC 1 placement it's easy to get to but out of the way

[wilkinsi]

Phantom Hawk (Chris) usually put a plastic cap where the volume would go, remove the tone pot and put the volume pot in its place. He did this to most/all his WR1's. Should be easy enough to do.

[Flatpicker]

http://rsguitarworks.net
Get a super pot they won't roll down if you bump in to it.

That's a pricy way to do it.

Otherwise, drink a Grolsh and put the washer under the knob. It'll add resistance and, you had an excuse to drink an extra beer.

[snowblind56]

Why not get something or make something like this? I think it was called the "Volume Buster" or something like that. Otherwise, as far as I know, the lowest profile knobs I have seen are those shotgun shell knobs. They don't go any higher than the pot shaft.

[rattlehead74]

How about reversing the wiring or using a pot for a left handed guitar? Of course you would have to get used to turning down backwards but at least when you hit it it won't turn the volume down.

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/CPC500R/CTS-500K-Reverse-Audio-TaperLefty-Volume-Tone-Pot.html

[xenophobe]

If you don't subconsciously check your volume pot every chance, then you haven't been playing your jacksons enough. lol

[Newc]

That knucklebuster's a good idea, but a better idea is moving the fucking knob away from Hillbilly Hank's Volume Swell Swing position.

[bombtek]

Did you try out the o ring trick...if so how'd it work out for you

[rattlehead74]

That knucklebuster's a good idea, but a better idea is moving the fucking knob away from Hillbilly Hank's Volume Swell Swing position.

One reason why I don't like Fender strats.