Crackle!

[raven3d]

It started on my model 4 around 30 minutes into rehearsals yesterday.
Any ideas?
I really suspect the tone pot, because the volume is a new with the je 1200.

I've checked all the wiring, tried new batteries, different amp, cables and all the other usual suspects.

There is a recording here

I want to gig it on saturday so any help would be really appreciated.
If it is the tone pot, I have a 250k pot kicking about somewhere, could I swap it out for the 50k one thats in it now, tone is always left full up anyway.


HELP

[charvel750]

Just spray some electric contact cleaner into ALL of the pots, then turn them full up and down a few times right after you spray them. Crackling pots don't necessarily mean they need replacement. I'm pretty sure that the tone pot on that circuit is already a 250K ohm, only the volume and mid boost are 50 K ohm anyway.

By the way, is this the new circuit you just bought?!

[raven3d]

yes, it is and hasn't been eliminated yet, Finn guitars are helping me with this as well, hopefully i'll get to the bottom of it.
I tried contact cleaner, it did nothing, the deal with this is the previous owner was a solder monkey and he's melted everything to oblivion and i know that even though pots can be quite hardy they can only take so much.
That however wouldn't explain the fact that it doesn't crackle for a while.

[RacerX]

solder monkey

[raven3d]

Figured i had best bring this up to date!
I stuck a new jack socket in and it's fine now.
Fully functioning and quite awesome model 4, i'm well suited with it.

[DonP]

Fire crackle is awesome.

Oops, wrong thread.