Signs of fried/damaged POTs

[Thomas1190]

Hey everybody,the past few months i have been getting a lot crackling and sometimes i would lose all the output of my guitar so yesterday i put new strings in my AVRI 57 strat and while i was doing that I removed the pickguard and found the ground wire for the output jack barely hanging on the back of the POT, so I resolderd it. Got it all restrung and the crackling and loss of output was gone. Then about a half hour of playing, my guitar drastically started sounding very thin with a bit of a volume drop. idk whats going on. i fix one problem and a different porblem happens.

What do you guys think? Bad POT?

 

[j9fd3s]

Re: Signs of fried/damaged POTs

possible, imo its more likely the wire came off again, either way the PG has to come off again...

 

[kmcguitars]

Re: Signs of fried/damaged POTs

If the pot is scratchy it's either dirty or worn. It's actually cheaper to replace the pot ,Then to buy a good brand pot cleaner.:eyecrazy:

 

[Diocletian]

Re: Signs of fried/damaged POTs

If the pot is scratchy it's either dirty or worn. It's actually cheaper to replace the pot ,Then to buy a good brand pot cleaner.:eyecrazy:

Maybe, but a decent cleaner will last for years and do lots of cleaning jobs. I'd buy the switch cleaner first.