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Topic: Volume Pot ??? help |
Bill Dobkins
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Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 29 Sep 2008 7:38 pm |
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I ordered some of the Duesenberg short throw pots. They are 250 K
How can I use them for Volume. They have the travel I need but won't shut off. Please help.
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 9:12 am
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If I recall the info correctly from some previous discussions on guitar forums, those pots do not "zero out" - they get close, but some signal always gets through - Duesenberg pushes them primarily as tone pots or for a "swell" volume effect (where you don't need to go to zero volume, just low volume, in a band environment).
If my info is right, they may not be the right thing for your application. Have you checked with the manufacturer? Pots are not complicated, and if it's wired correctly and you can't get "silence" I think that's how it's designed.
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 9:35 am
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Thanks Jim, I don't care if some signal gets through but I can't tell very little difference from O to On.
I know in order to use a 250K pot for Vol it has to have a capasitor or risitor wired across it. I just don't know how or what value.
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Custom Rittenberry SD10
Boss Katana 100 Amp
Positive Grid Spark amp
BJS Bars
Z~Legend Pro,Custom Tele
Honor our Vet's.
Now pass the gravy. |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 10:10 am
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| Bill Dobkins wrote: |
| I know in order to use a 250K pot for Vol it has to have a capasitor or risitor wired across it. I just don't know how or what value. |
Not true. All you have to do is hook it up right. Pickup or pedal input jack to the two outer terminals, and the output jack to the center terminal and one outer terminal (which gets grounded).
It's that simple. |
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Bill Dobkins
From:
Rolla Missouri, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 2:55 pm
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Thanks donny, that took care of it. Now it shuts all the way off. I owe you one.
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Custom Rittenberry SD10
Boss Katana 100 Amp
Positive Grid Spark amp
BJS Bars
Z~Legend Pro,Custom Tele
Honor our Vet's.
Now pass the gravy. |
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Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2008 9:00 pm
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Donny beat me to it...I was assuming it was wired correctly and a limited-range pot, of which there are a few types.
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No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional |
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