Transferring a left handed loaded pickguard to a right handed one.

musicalstash

Recently bought a loaded pickguard but did not realise that it was off a left handed guitar now need to transfer it over to a right hand scratchplate.

can anyone advise which wires need to be swapped over as I am not really up for a full rewire - thanks 


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WezV

You need to determine if they are audio or linear pots  You may get some weird sweeps wiring them the opposite way if a left handed audio taper pot had been used

musicalstash

WezV said:

You need to determine if they are audio or linear pots  You may get some weird sweeps wiring them the opposite way if a left handed audio taper pot had been used

thanks, was hoping for a easy swap - probably best just put some new pots in as I am not too sure what pots are in their currently.

TarAntXon

Were they lefty pots and by any chance reusable?

ICBM

Proper left-handed - ie reverse audio/log taper - are very rare in guitars. More normally, guitar manufacturers simply wire standard audio/log pots backwards, which produces a completely useless taper. If you’re lucky, the use linear pots which are the same either way round and only produce a useless taper for tone controls…

Funkfingers

ICBM said:

If you’re lucky, they use linear pots which are the same either way round and only produce a useless taper for tone controls…

I had a LH Squier Silver Series Stratocaster that was like that. 3 x full-sized MIJ B250k pots. The tone controls saw limited use because of their location.

musicalstash

TarAntXon said:

Were they lefty pots and by any chance reusable?

I did not take the risk and just swapped them out.

Funkfingers

musicalstash said:

TarAntXon said:

Were they lefty pots and by any chance reusable?

I did not take the risk and just swapped them out.

I think that TarAntXon was hoping your redundant pots might be for sale.