Hey Simon. Yep I spent a lot of time reading and taking the trouble to try and understand how it's supposed to be. You are correct, it switched the direction, but putting it back the other way it wouldn't work at all. Even in the swapped direction the adjustment could be best described as 'subtle'.
Anyway, I did some extensive messing around and investigating this evening...
I tested one of the pots with the multimeter and could easily see the swapping direction. Double checked all the soldering connections and the switch layout.
Having the tone controls with the front running the rear pick ups and vice versa was also annoying my so I pulled the 'tone' pots out and swapped them around, moving the bridge earth to the rear most post again after realising I had effectively removed one of the pots from the circuit. I put the capacitors back how they were originally. Now the rear most one is working great, but no action from the front one. I remembered reading in Kicks thread about the A and B pots and one of my tone pots does look different to the other. The volume also only seems to work for about a 3rd of the dial - although this depends what its plugged into, far more noticeable on my computer interface than the little practice amp in the shed.....
So I pulled them off and it does seem like I have a B pot wired for volume and an A for tone, which is the one that isn't working.
So I'll swap that around tomorrow and see if it helps.
Originally Posted by Sonic Mountain
Hey Simon. Yep I spent a lot of time reading and taking the trouble to try and understand how it's supposed to be. You are correct, it switched the direction, but putting it back the other way it wouldn't work at all. Even in the swapped direction the adjustment could be best described as 'subtle'.
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