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Odd pot values

ricorico Frets: 1221
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Measuring the tone pots in my two LP's I get the following values (measured across the two outer lugs - one is soldered to the pot and the other is not connected to anything)

2005 LP Standard
Neck tone: 405k
Bridge tone: 510k

1986 LP Studio
Neck tone: 107k
Bridge tone: 107k

I get the variance for the Standard but what's going on with the LP Studio?!
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 74484
    Either someone has put 100K pots in it, or there's a short somewhere.

    Make sure you measure them with the controls at 0, that will tell you which it is - when the knob is at 0 the rotor is at the other end of the track so you should get a clear reading on just the pot.

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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 15266
    c. 100k pots belong in the realms of active circuitry.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 74484
    Funkfingers said:
    c. 100k pots belong in the realms of active circuitry.
    Or jazz guitars. Gibson did use them in some models in the 1970s, but not in a Les Paul.

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