Removing Guitar knobs if you don't have the correct tools

[kimball492]

Saw this today thought it might come in handy sometime
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=847066865331590

[pablopepper]

Brilliant. I was struggling with one of these just yesterday.

[kimball492]

Yeah Pablo couldn't use Woolys bags they'd break lol Here's another way to accomplish just that

[pablopepper]

Saw that one this morning, excellent solution, but too complicated.

[kimball492]

Yeah lol too tall too the last one looks like you could call it over engineered a little lol
How's the guitar going Pablo .

[Nickosaurus]

You can also just use a piece of string/wire and wrap it around the pot's stem

[kimball492]

Yeah you can to Nick I still have bruises on forehead to prove it and ceiling will never be the same lol. I guess I can see why the guy made it I have this long thread this Perspex . It was only after that he realised it took up nearly all his workspace .

[pablopepper]

I'd be a bit worried about string/wire biting into the edges of the knob.

[stan]

i find a crowbar and a sharp tap with a mash hammer works every time. Also adds some of that relic goodness at a budget price!

[stan]

actually, go to your local bike shop, get a couple of plastic tire levers. Place a couple of felt pads (like for under furniture feet) under the round end of each lever against the guitar body and lever away. No damage , cheap and easy-peasy

[wokkaboy]

thats a cool solution Stan, sounds better than the plastic bag method

[stan]

often one will work, but two will get it off for sure and gives a more even push

[dingobass]

I use a hammer and a BIG screw driver.....

Just kidding.. I use my trusty multi fit guitar tech spanner and a chunk of felt..

[maxaxe]

My solution . . .

[ponch]

Tea spoons.

[Scott J.]

Remove knobs? ... why bother? - just buy another PBG kit! :D

[DrNomis_44]

Here's a method that works for me, what you do is find a piece of 1mm thick cardboard roughly 2 inches by two inches, next get a steel ruler (one used to mark out sheet metal), next use the cardboard to protect the finish on the guitar while you use the steel ruler to gradually lever the pot knob off the shaft while rotating the knob, eventually the knob should come off the pot.

Note: Make sure you have loosened any grub screws beforehand.

[kells80aus]

How to remove KNOBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SURma5PlfGs

he he he