2008 SG Special. Stiff tone & vol pots

p90rules · 11-03-2009, 04:16 AM

I recently bought a faded SG Special. It's a great guitar in almost every respect. One of the nicest playing Gibsons I've had in my 30 years of playing.
One down side is the unfeasably stiff tone & vol pots. From past experience of new Gibsons, I know this is common & that they loosen up with use, but these are barely useable. My SG has the PCB mounted controls anyway, so I might take em out & install a better wiring kit. Anyone else had this problem ?

LivewireBlanco · 11-03-2009, 04:39 PM

My '09 SG Standard was the same way. Replaced PCB with an RS Guitarworks kit. Problem solved!

p90rules · 11-03-2009, 05:55 PM

Yeah, those RS kits are very tempting.

nadzab · 11-03-2009, 06:48 PM

I just got an '09 SG Classic, and it has the same issue. Thinking about pulling the PCB and re-wiring.

axepilot · 11-03-2009, 08:43 PM

Ditch the PCB.......................

jonesy · 11-03-2009, 08:48 PM

Alice my 2004 faded SG did not have the PCB, but I just installed new 500K CTS Pots and .01Q's and really like the roll-off and the tone I am getting.

The PCB boards can be modded and people have added connectors onto their pick ups so they plug into the PCB but I like the old school point to point wiring myself.

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p90rules Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 139 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	2008 SG Special. Stiff tone & vol pots I recently bought a faded SG Special. It's a great guitar in almost every respect. One of the nicest playing Gibsons I've had in my 30 years of playing. One down side is the unfeasably stiff tone & vol pots. From past experience of new Gibsons, I know this is common & that they loosen up with use, but these are barely useable. My SG has the PCB mounted controls anyway, so I might take em out & install a better wiring kit. Anyone else had this problem ? __________________ Steve Hunter & Dick Wagner Rock & Roll Animals.

11-03-2009, 04:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
LivewireBlanco Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Angelo, TX Posts: 38 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 1 Post	Re: 2008 SG Special. Stiff tone & vol pots My '09 SG Standard was the same way. Replaced PCB with an RS Guitarworks kit. Problem solved!

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p90rules Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 139 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: 2008 SG Special. Stiff tone & vol pots Yeah, those RS kits are very tempting. __________________ Steve Hunter & Dick Wagner Rock & Roll Animals.

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nadzab Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 44 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 2008 SG Special. Stiff tone & vol pots I just got an '09 SG Classic, and it has the same issue. Thinking about pulling the PCB and re-wiring.

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axepilot Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southern NJ Posts: 1,352 Thanks: 14 Thanked 40 Times in 5 Posts	Re: 2008 SG Special. Stiff tone & vol pots Ditch the PCB....................... __________________ 1996 Les Paul Studio Gem, 2001 Les Paul Studio Plus, 2002 SG Supreme, 2006 Les Paul Standard LE, 2008 SG Classic, Fender Double Fat Strat, Bluesville "Super" Strat copy, Fender Tele, Ovation 1897 Adamas, Taylor 355CE Germino Club 40, Johnson JM150 Millennium, Johnson JM250 Millennium, Axe FX Standard rack rig, Mesa 4x12 cab (V30's), Highly modded Gibson Titan Medalist

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jonesy Capacitor Ambassador Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Indiana USA Posts: 5,739 Thanks: 164 Thanked 246 Times in 51 Posts	Re: 2008 SG Special. Stiff tone & vol pots Alice my 2004 faded SG did not have the PCB, but I just installed new 500K CTS Pots and .01Q's and really like the roll-off and the tone I am getting. The PCB boards can be modded and people have added connectors onto their pick ups so they plug into the PCB but I like the old school point to point wiring myself. __________________ Soundclips mp3's Jonesy's Sound Clips Tonemojo Videos on Utube Tonemojo.com & jonesyblues custom shop You can contact me at jonesyblues@yahoo.com GOD ROCKS!

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