I wonder if the assembled knowledge of the Fretboard can help with this one?
I picked up a Silver Sky from
@skippy76 yesterday (it's ex Adrian @ThorpyFX so it did a journey from Brackley to London and then back up to me in Oxfordshire) and the Tone Pot on Neck / Middle isn't functioning at all.....no response. It had a pickguard change in recent days. Now I'm not a solderer by any poor description of one, so I have no clue if what I see is the culprit......I had hoped to catch the eye of @ICBM ;
Any eagle eye suggestions chaps?
"There's things I want, there's things I think I want
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
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Sometimes the terminal makes a poor contact with the trackboard where it's rivetted - try squeezing the terminal hard onto the board with a pair of fine-nose pliers - the one on the right where the cap is soldered. You should be able to do it in situ.
If that doesn't fix it I'd guess you need a new pot.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Dave Smart at Cumnor Hill would be my go to......I need to see how busy he is.
Much appreciate the fast responses as ever.
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
I've lost count of the number I've fixed like that... the usual one is the ground terminal on a volume pot where it's been bent back to solder to the casing and strained the rivet - it's unusual on a tone control, but logic dictated that it was the likely cause .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"