Paul Marossy Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 I recently pulled out a DiMarzio pickup that I had installed in one of my Ibanez guitars and put the stock one back in it. The pickup selector switch was messed up, so I had to doctor it up a little bit. After I soldered everything back together, I had some phase problems, so I made some adjustments. Everything sounds like it should now, but I have this strange problem: when I turn down the volume control, it starts to sound like out of phase pickups! Anyone ever experience this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 This is pretty weired. Maybe something is wrong at the pickup selector switch. I guess I'll change it out because I think it's just whacked... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desopolis Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 when my old volume pot went bad, Id turn it below 4 and it would sound like I was playing in a can.. try changing the VOL pot and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logical Frank Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 (edited) Edit: Posted this on the wrong thread. Sounds like it is the volume pot from what you're saying. Edited October 23, 2006 by Logical Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted October 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 The weird thing is that the volume pot sounded normal before I worked on the pickups, so I'm not sure that is the problem. I think it's the pickup selector switch not making full contact with all the pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logical Frank Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Why would that only cause problems when the volume is turned down though? I would suggest taking the volume pot out of the circuit and seeing if that was the problem but that's pretty much like having the volume up all the way (well--more than all the way, actually). Still--I suppose it could shed some light on what's going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Marossy Posted October 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Well, you have a point there Logical Frank. Darn, you're so logical! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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