ST-1 Revisit

[wokkaboy]

wow Ponch those tone pots sound terrible, and the axe wasn't even plugged in !
You sure a small cockroach didn't crawl into each one and die ? hahah

[tonyw]

It sounds like the conductive carbon has lifted, and is causing grit on the wipers to sound like sand being crunched under it.

The carbon comes away very easy when i scrape some away to make no load pots, but it shouldnt come away like that on a new pot.

Heres a 500k pot i have taken off some of the carbon to make a no load (where the 2 lines are), that ring is where your problem will lay.

[andrewdosborne]

Thanks Tony, I knew there had to be an explanation besides crushed cockroaches!

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[stan]

Nice new setup mate, as for the pots, for what they are worth I'd replace them too

[andrewdosborne]

Yep, I'm going for replacements Stan. I think I've rummaged up all I need in my spare parts box. I may also convert the tone pots to 'no load' as a bit of an experiment

[tonyw]

I like no loads because they take the pot out of the equation, i love a tele bridge pickup wide open for instance, the natural tone of the pickup is very nice when cutting up with some slide playing.

When wiring a strat, as you are probably aware, the strat bridge pickup has no tone control on it. What i did for a mate recently was a piece of wire across from the middle tone on the switch to the vacant lug in the middle, right next to it, i then put a no load in the middle pups volume control, this gave him a no load on the middle and bridge, he keep the stock 250k in the neck, he liked the tone on the neck pup with some load on it.

[andrewdosborne]

Ok, some demos before I pull this thing apart. Then I'll do the same again once upgraded for comparison.

One riff. Vid 1 = low gain, Vid 2 = higher gain (both on mid/bridge) then Vid 3 = riff in each switch position (neck, neck/mid, mid, mid/bridge, bridge).

Also note this is all stock with the faulty tone controls.

Also notice the decal has gone. This is in prep for a bit of steel wooling & TO of the neck. I've got a new decal printed.

Low Gain
https://youtu.be/S3SZw2qc-9E

Higher Gain
https://youtu.be/V0-DPZRSB1M

Clean Switch 1-5 (Neck to Bridge)
https://youtu.be/gxdZqpLQzxo

[DrNomis_44]

Sounds pretty cool so far.

[Andy40]

Sounds good so far. Just curiosity, it looks like you have done most things on your list prior to the video except for the electronics and fret markers?

[andrewdosborne]

Ah yes. Further upgrade was contingent on it playing well beforehand. (to avoid more expense & time) The tone pots carked it after doing frets etc... Not the plan... It could have been left as is..

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