Volume pot help!?!???

[Charlz]

I've got a problem on my Abyss 7 string. If I crank the volume all the way 'till it stops, The guitar cuts out. If I back the volume off a little, it's fine. In my band, I don't have time to fine tune the volume every time I use it with all our starts and stops, so I need to fix it. Is this a bad pot? Is this fixable without a new pot? Any help would be appreciated. Thanx. [img]/images/graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]

[pebber]

Re: Volume pot help!?!???

Charlz, I suppose you mean there isn't any sound anymore when the volume pot is turned at his max position?

[Charlz]

Re: Volume pot help!?!???

Yes, if any sound, it's quiet and 'crackly'.

[DonP]

Re: Volume pot help!?!???

Toss it. It might be repairable, but you can get a high quality pot for $5 so why bother.

I buy my pots from Black Rose Customs (don't know the url). They have good prices and ship fast.

[pebber]

Re: Volume pot help!?!???

should be a loose contact.. before tossin' out, just resolder the 2 outer points of the pot.

[DonP]

Re: Volume pot help!?!???

I think the pot is spinning past it's "Stop" point into no-man's land. You'd have to tear the pot apart and fix the stop point, if possible.

[rjohnstone]

Re: Volume pot help!?!???

Just replace it... they're cheap and pretty simple to swap out. Shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to do it.

[StukaJU87]

Re: Volume pot help!?!???

[ QUOTE ]
Just replace it... they're cheap and pretty simple to swap out. Shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to do it.

[/ QUOTE ] Amen brother. Why fool around with it?