Anyone familiar with Carson Electric Guitars?

[Zandit75]

Well now, what do we have here?? Progress??!!!!

[Zandit75]

One last one


I still have to fit the nut which needs a slight amount of shaping, then get the strings fitted and plug here in for some sound.
Not sure about a logo either. Still playing with that one.

[wazkelly]

Well done buddy. Can't wait to hear how she sounds.

[Zandit75]

You and me both Waz!
I just need to solder on the jack output, and that will be everything electrically taken care of. Not sure if anything can be done about the pots scratchyness though.

[wazkelly]

Just keep em on 10 and no worries haha!

Hopefully an expert will drop in soon with a more informed response.

[Zandit75]

Haha, that's a great idea!!

[Simon Barden]

As mentioned elsewhere, try spraying some Servisol contact cleaner into the pots and waggle them around a few times. It can improve matters and may cure it completely (for a while at least). It's one of those must-have items for guitarists/bassists, always useful for cleaning switches, jack sockets, pots etc.

If that doesn't improve things, then it's time to replace the pots. But this can now be done at your leisure.

[Zandit75]

FINISHED!!!!
All done and dusted! For some reason the scratchiness/static is gone now that I've soldered on the jack output, so I don't know what the issue was there!
I present to you all the Carsonstein!!

[Zandit75]

They look good together!

[Simon Barden]

Well done, Zandit! Time for a well-earned rest.

If the jack was only connected by twisted wires before then there was probably a high-resistance connection. This can make the electronics very much more susceptible to picking up noise. So your pots are probably very slightly scratchy and the poor connection amplified this noise. But with a good connection, the noise is still there but now at a level too low to hear.