Liberator help

[footageofOWL]

Hey, hoping someone with experience can shed some light on my issue. I Put a Liberator into a Schecter C1 and the volume is behaving a bit strange. At "maximum" it seems ok, maybe a bit tame; when I roll off the volume some serious gain kicks in. Is it as simple as having something backwards, or maybe a bad solder?

Here's a pic. While taking the picture I noticed the ground going to the volume pot was torn from the cavity of the guitar. Probably the problem...any suggestions there?

 

[guitarSQUIRELL]

Re: Liberator help

You could start with the loose ground wire and see if that fixes your issue......then if that doesnt start looking at the pots and solder joints reallywell.....

 

[footageofOWL]

Re: Liberator help

You could start with the loose ground wire and see if that fixes your issue......then if that doesnt start looking at the pots and solder joints reallywell.....

yeah i ended up taking the bushing out. didn't see a solder connection so i assumed the wire was grounded between the threads of the bushing and the screw/pin. bad assumption i'm going to have to try again and solder the wire to the bottom of the screw? i guess?

 

[guitarSQUIRELL]

Re: Liberator help

What type guitar is this in?

 

[footageofOWL]

Re: Liberator help

What type guitar is this in?

Schecter C1. http://medias.audiofanzine.com/images/normal/schecter-blackjack-c-1-ex-641299.jpg

is the issue itself (the volume being backwards and progressively gainier the lower you go) symptomatic of an ungrounded bridge?

the tone wire runs IN to the liberator; the white wire specifically, the silver cable alongside it goes to ground.
the outjack runs OUT to the liberator; again a single casing encloses an unshielded cable (assumed ground) and a white cable.

i did happen to miss a ground from the switch to the liberator in that picture. that's been resolved.
the two grey wires that are grounded to the liberator... are from it. that was a bit of a guess. with the switch all wired the end wires seemed to be left over and grounding the volume pot to itself didn't seem like an issue in the wiring diagram.

 

[footageofOWL]

Re: Liberator help

ground wire was definitely ONE problem, and it just tucks into the cavity, but it's tricky because you risk severing the wire between the bushing/pressure/wood.

also noticed i got my colour codes for the schecter backwards. didn't see that sleeves indicate ground. fixed that and NOTHING worked.

never quite happy grounding the grey cables coming out of the liberator to the ground on the liberator, i did what the schecter diagram indicated and wired one wire to each pot.

now, it all works pretty great, but the liberator doesn't really roll off the volume. i'm not even sure it turns down actually.