Pot crackling?

[EADG]

My tone pot crackles when I turn it. I took the pickguard off and cleaned the dust out from inside, but I don't know how to take the pot off the bass. I tried pulling and it doesn't want to come off.

Suggestions?

[zink182]

what kind of bass is it ?

[Tryxx]

I'm 90% sure you must unsolder it. Snapping it off would not be a good idea.

[Thonk]

There may be a little washer/nut in between the pot and the pickguard..

I *think* loosening that let's you pull out the pot.

[TheBassman238]

^thats how my basses works.. well the ones i took apart..

-TBM

[EADG]

There may be a little washer/nut in between the pot and the pickguard..

I *think* loosening that let's you pull out the pot.


How do I get to that?

[Thonk]

How do I get to that?
Is there a little gap in between the knob and the pickguard?

If so, get a wrench with a thin tip and just take it off.

[Az_Holl]

Spray it with a contact cleaner.

[Son of Magni]

Spray it with a contact cleaner.
Yeah, don't remove it, don't un-solder it. Just get some pot cleaner spray and spray it in through any gap in the back, like near where the connections are. Then before it dries cycle the control back and forth to clean it. Repeat... Then you should be fine for months, at least.

[d-basser]

you guys got any clues on how asy it is to get a replacement pickup pan pot for my peavey BXP:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f400/d-basser/DSCN0947.jpg

i had it all cleaned but it is the pot itself thats damaged, crackles wen i pan between pu's, unfortunately it aint a standard pot, it has a printed circuit board on it an stuff.

p.s. wen i had it cleaned at my local store the guy said it had been done already b4 i bought it without me knowin and the person who had done it had used WD40 or summit rather than switch cleaner, wat a scrote, wish guitarguitar had told me that b4 i bought cos it shows they knew it wasn't perfect.

[Az_Holl]

Terry Prattchet and William Nicholson.... will you marry me?

[Bass_swede]

Terry Prattchet and William Nicholson.... will you marry me?

And Anthony Kiedis :thumb: :naughty: :chug:

[d-basser]

yes i do read books but can any of you guys help with my selecter pot problem???

[St. Anthonys fire]

Ah, Good Omens, how i love thee....
Oh yeah, and my pup blend knob crackles

[EADG]

Is there a little gap in between the knob and the pickguard?

If so, get a wrench with a thin tip and just take it off.


Yes.


Ok. I will try.

[d-basser]

back to the first page with you my friend, so does anyone kno how easy it is to get peavey pots???

[EADG]

back to the first page with you my friend, so does anyone kno how easy it is to get peavey pots???



Does anyone know how easy it is to make your own thread and not take someone else's?

I do, pretty damn easy.

[azn_bassist]

lol

ok heres what you should do to take it off
pop off the knob with something like a screw driver(flat head)
............ _________
...........|..............| <---knob
...........|..............|
________|______|__<---wedge screw driver here and make the knob go up

once you do that there's a washer/nut (which one?) you have to get rid of
just unscrew it....simple
.........|..|
....___|..|___
__|________|__<----nut/washer that you have to unscrew

once your done that it should be dis-attached to the pickguard and you can clean it or whatever you wanna do

if you want to put a new pot in, jus un-solder, and re-solder everytrhing back togher with the new pot instead of the old one

(the dots are in my pictures because the spaces got deleted for some reason when i post)