Pots Problem..

[JCM223]

So before I go and sell my Classic again, I tried to was what wasn't broken and go for a 50's style wiring. Everything is fin excpept i can go from 10-3 on my volume pots (both). When rolled all the way off it sounds like they're still on 3! Any ideas as to the problem? I'm thinking it has something to do with the input.

[japasul]

What do you mean by input?

Pot roll of works by comparison. When all the way up, input to output measures 0k, while input to ground measures the pot value (say 500k). As you roll off the pot, the input gradually shifts towards ground (50k to output and 450k to ground, then 100k to output and 400k to ground, etc.). So how much is sucked to ground depends on this relation: like about 1/9th when this relation is 50k/450k and so on.

When the pot is all the way down, this relation is 500k/0k (which would be infinite), so all the signal would be sucked to ground.

Based on this I really think you have a wiring problem. My guess would be you have a bypass somewhere along the way... Some pictures would help!

Cheers
André

[JCM223]

So you're saying that it's not grounding when it's all the way down because it's being bypassed?

[JCM223]

Thanks André, I took a look at it keeping in mind of a grounding issue and immediately realized my volume pots weren't ground (tabs onto the pot). I bent them to touch and voila! thank you and sorry if this wasted your time but hell it's future refernece for others and myself!