I made the ultimate mistake, please help

[Darktrader]

Hey Guys,

I bought a 1967 ES-335 and I was taking off the knobs (they were not original) And I bought Correct 67 vintage top hats. While I was pulling off the front Volume knob, I must must of pulled to hard and broke off the shaft in the pot. Look at my picture, is there any way I can fix this, I want to keep the guitar original and not have to buy new one.

Also if I did have to buy a new one, would a new vol pot change the sound?

 

[InkedLester]

Take it to a pro or find a place that works on historics.

 

[Funkwire]

I'm going to assume you're not The Incredible Hulk and you were using normal pressure to take the knob off. If the shaft popped out like that, it was (or soon would be) a bad pot and you would be replacing it anyway.

You're in Minneapolis, give Leonard Shapiro a call. He works on a lot of vintage instruments. He might even be able to find period-correct pots for you.

Leonard Shapiro, Guitar Repair

Good luck---from a guy in St. Paul...

 

[sweatyhand]

sorry to hear that man ! Actually this is quite common / not unusual for old vintage guitars.

I would take it to a professional who specializes in working on vintage guitars, Its not going to be cheap for sure tho... But I know it will be worth it.

Good luck.

 

[GitFiddle]

Is there any chance those knobs have set screws? If I were going to use the guitar as a player, I would replace all the pots anyway and keep the old stashed away for resale, if ever.

If you normally play with all the pots at 10, new ones won't change the sound. Other than that, it depends on what type of pots you replace them with.

Anyway, congrats on the 335. Those are sweet guitars.

 

[Darktrader]

Thanks everyone, I will take it to lenard, He has done all my other guitars, but can't get to him until this next week was hoping to get my question answered?? If it can be fixed... Im nail biting....

 

[InkedLester]

Oh, and the ultimate mistake is having your wife find you with your naked girlfriend while you're playing your Les Paul.

You my friend have an inconvienience.

 

[Redstone]

Dang man...I would freak out.

 

[floyd84]

Try Rick Norman at Dr. Vintage. He restores old controls
Dr. Vintage Music Services Parts Restorations

 

[Eric Smith]

makes me cringe...even though I'm sure you will be able to get it fixed

 

[L.Campionero]

sorry to hear that man !....Good luck.

How's your boat, johnny?

 

[Kaicho8888]

Ouch!

Yeah, it can be fixed... but, it's a pain getting the pots out through the pickup cavity! It probably has a shielding can around the pots too. I tried it once and never again.

Please give us an idea how much it's costing.

 

[lily_taeko74]

its just a tone pot take a deep breath. ok after that just find a replacement part from CTS or Bourns and take it to any guitar shop. I'll live in St. Paul MN and I recommend Capital Guitars in downtown. Good guys and great repair service. they solved my 3 pickup LP humming problem when 5 other (supposedly professional) shops couldn't !

 

[Hedcrash]

Sorry about your guitar, but that is not the ultimate mistake.

The ultimate mistake is frying bacon while naked. *shudder*

 

[dspelman]

Oh, and the ultimate mistake is having your wife find you with your naked girlfriend while you're playing your Les Paul.

You my friend have an inconvienience.

And the "mistake" part of that is that you're playing your Les Paul instead of your naked girlfriend.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czmb6tEwFE8[/ame]

 

[F.V.]

I did this once. I was able to pull the pot apart (lift the tabs and it comes right apart, as I remember) and push the shaft back into the wiper disc (not sure if this is the correct term), as a temporary measure. I did change it out later, to be safe. It may not have been a problem at that point, but I didn't want to find out otherwise. I bought a bushing/knob puller after that, and haven't doinked another since.