Re: Help with electric guitar pots problems?

From: mark (marcoraicevic_at_videotron.ca)
Date: 11/20/04


Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:17:34 -0500

Here's a link to a better picture of the wiring diagram:
However it takes a little while to load:
http://whoman6.tripod.com/Image145789.BMP

"mark" <marcoraicevic@videotron.ca> wrote in message
news:4nund.60658$De5.868944@wagner.videotron.net...
> The guitar has two volumes, two tone dials and one three-way toggle
switch.
> The toggle switch and dials look like the ones on this guitar:
> http://www.albinhagstrom.se/hagstrom_h_ii_n.htm
>
> The volume on my guitar cuts off after I go below 5 on the bottom volume
> dial.
>
> When I turn both volume dials on maximum: both pickups play when the
toggle
> is either in the middle or pushed up position; when the toggle is pushed
> down only one of the pickups works.
>
> When I turn off the bottom volume dial neither pickup works regardless of
> the toggle position.
>
> When I have the bottom volume dial on max and the top volume dial off: it
> only plays one of the pickups and only when I push the toggle switch down
;
> when the
> toggle is in the middle or top position there's no sound.
>
> I was told from the guy I bought the guitar from that the problem was with
> the 500k pots; he recommended that I replace them with 250k pots.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions and advice on how to fix the problem?
>
> I took the pickguard off and made a diagram of the wiring:
> Here's a scan of the diagram:
> http://hagstrom.4t.com/cgi-bin/login
> I hope you can make sense of the diagram.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
>
>



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