Starting over. :(

[Top-L]

I took my time and completed the cleanest wiring of a guitar I have ever done.

Working perfectly, nice new pot, everything great. But there isn't a volume cap.

So I wire one in. Then guitar was intermittent. Now there is no sound whatsever. Moving cables around, nothing.

No melted cables. Nothing disconnected. No cold joints. I have no idea what happened.

Four hours down the drain.

Starting over.

 

[beaubrummels]

Um, there's no such thing as a volume cap. What wiring diagram are you following, or what wiring did you actually do?

 

[Top-L]

Um, there's no such thing as a volume cap. What wiring diagram are you following, or what wiring did you actually do?

Ibanez diagram. I took it off, still no sound so I have no idea what happened.

 

[strat dude]

You probably have something grounding out, check the pickup wires.

 

[Mincer]

If it is still together, take some good clear pics and we might be able to see something.

 

[jeremy]

by volume cap do you mean treble bleed?

 

[Top-L]

by volume cap do you mean treble bleed?

Yes.

 

[Top-L]

I found the problem. I am reusing a two lead cable that connects ground on the switch to ground on the volume pot. It also has an internal wire from one of the switch terminals to the first lug on the volume pot.

While adding the treble bleed cap, the heat melted the interior cable and it was grounded to the sheath around it. It was getting dark and I couldn't see it; its right at the juncture of that cable.

Heat damaged the cable in a hard to see place.

 

[GuitarDoc]

You mean the heat melted the insulation between the lead wire and the ground?