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Topic: Tone pot replacement |
Greg Johnson
From:
Greencastle, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2018 7:53 am |
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I have a 79 Super Pro. I am on the road and the tone pot went bad. It is stuck on the bass side. How hard is to replace that? Can I just snip the wire till I get home?
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MSA CLassic SD-10
92 Emmons LII
79 Super Pro
Quilter TT
Evans FET 500
Fender Twin 65 RI
American Takimine |
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Michael Brebes
From:
Northridge CA
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Posted 26 Aug 2018 11:52 am
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Because of how the tone stack is configured, you cannot just clip the wire on the Bass control because it will act like the pot is on 10 or higher. If it is stuck full on then maybe the ground wire has come loose from the pot. If you open the amp up, you should be able to measure the resistance between the chassis and the wiper on the Bass pot and see the resistance change as you move the pot.
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Michael Brebes
Instrument/amp/ pickup repair
MSA D10 Classic/Rickenbacher B6/
Dickerson MOTS/Dobro D32 Hawaiian/
Goldtone Paul Beard Reso
Mesa Boogie Studio Pre/Hafler 3000
RP1/MPX100 |
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Brad Sarno
From:
St. Louis, MO USA
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Posted 26 Aug 2018 6:17 pm
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I believe you're talking about a Sho-Bud guitar with a single tone control knob. In that case, yes, you can snip the wire to the potentiometer to fully disconnect the tone control and you should be fine and with full tone response. Make sure you don't snip the signal wire from the pickup to the output jack. Or you could snip one leg of the tone capacitor to be sure.
Brad |
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