Timeline for American Standard Stratocaster Volume Control Problem
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| Oct 17, 2020 at 14:16 | vote | accept | Sharp | ||
| Oct 15, 2020 at 6:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackMusic/status/1316619831362420736 | ||
| Oct 15, 2020 at 1:27 | comment | added | Sharp | Thanks for all the wonderful comments. I am starting to feel like this is just yet another "Strat-ism." They aren't perfect instruments, but we love them anyway. I can probably fix the problem with after-market parts or wiring systems. Certainly the EMG pickups I had previously never had such an issue. | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 1:25 | comment | added | Sharp | @Yorik I have a spare pot with no solder on it and the letter codes are "A" and "CTS" | |
| Oct 15, 2020 at 1:24 | comment | added | Sharp | @user1079505 you are right that a device with low input impedance could affect the guitar this way, but I've checked with high impedance input devices and the problem still exists. Also yes I wired it correctly. The 3rd leg of the pot actually gets shorted right to the body of the pot. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 22:13 | answer | added | wabisabied | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 19:57 | comment | added | Yorik | is there a letter code on the pot? this code usually indicates taper % | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 19:47 | comment | added | Tom | Logarithmic pots (the kind used for volume control usually) are usually done by stacking linear resistive "routes" with increasing slopes one after the other, to mimick the log curve. Expensive ones are "true" log. An easy workaround is sometimes to use a lin pot of the same value a soldier a resistor of 1/10 of this value between the low and mid connection of the pot. That does mimick the behavior of a true log pot see "Modifications sur potentiomètre linéaire" section (sorry, in French :/). | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 16:49 | comment | added | Tetsujin | I thought all Strats did something like this - big, expensive custom pot to actually get 'smooth' to the ear. Personally, I've never bothered, mine has been "steppy" since I got it, 35 years ago. I used to have a '64 with the same issue, though I did fix my old Jen Cry Baby with the 'posh pot' method, as they really don't want to be steppy. | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 15:48 | comment | added | user1079505 | One more question: did you make sure to connect all three legs of the pot: signal in, signal out, ground, as shown in the diagram? | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 15:44 | comment | added | user1079505 | Could it be you plug guitar into an input for active signal, e.g. low resistance volume pedal, line input in a mixer?... | |
| Oct 14, 2020 at 14:35 | history | edited | Sharp | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 14, 2020 at 14:04 | history | asked | Sharp | CC BY-SA 4.0 |