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Bob Thomason

 

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Post  Posted 7 Aug 2015 6:55 am    
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I have just installed new Cts pots and the tone pot doesn't work. This has happened to me every time I wire a guitar. I have the cap inline and wired correctly Any ideas ?
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Tom Pettingill


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Post  Posted 7 Aug 2015 9:05 am    
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Do you have it grounded? There are a couple different ways to wire a cap and tone pot, but in either, the cap needs a path to ground to bleed off the signal. Here is a basic diagram from Seymour Duncan that should help. http://cdn.seymourduncan.com/pdfs/support/schematics/1phat1v1t.pdf
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Bob Thomason

 

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Georgia, USA
Post  Posted 7 Aug 2015 9:31 am    
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Was a ground problem , Thanks. It work but little change in tone . I have a single coil with a .047 cap
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Jimmy Douglas

 

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Raceview, Queensland, Australia
Post  Posted 11 Aug 2015 3:24 pm    
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Try a a 0.100uF value cap

http://www.stewmac.com/Pickups_and_Electronics/Components_and_Parts/Capacitors_and_Resistors/Emerson_Paper-In-Oil_Caps.html

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Bob Thomason

 

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Post  Posted 12 Aug 2015 5:14 am    
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Thanks , will do
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