Mouse Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Hey guys, my Les Paul Gothic has had a problem with the volume controls for a couple of years now. Now and again when turned to full, the volume will sometimes drastically reduce and sound like the tone control has also been turned right down. Hitting the strings violently can make it burst back into life, as does moving the volume control up and down slightly. Is this a problem with the circuits for the volume controls itself or could it be the pick-ups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HateEvent Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Could be dry solder dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skuzzlebutt Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Could be dry solder dude 2nded... almost certainly a dry joint... easy to fix... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Could be dry solder dude In my experience a dry solder does the opposite, i.e. thin,low volume then suddenly spring back to life, normally by applying more current (i.e. turning it up) Sounds more like a pot problem, especially since moving the pot fixes it when the pot is already at max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lame Guitarist Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 same as everyone else - dry solder!! one thing to do regulary is give your solder joints a good seeing to and redo them, also get some electrical switch cleaner (can be found at maplins) and give that pot a good spray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Posted December 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Cheers for the advice guys. I've got a soldering iron so could sort any loose connections. If all else fails it probably is a problem with the pots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 same as everyone else - dry solder!! one thing to do regulary is give your solder joints a good seeing to and redo them, also get some electrical switch cleaner (can be found at maplins) and give that pot a good spraythat PCB Cleaner stuff? its brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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