EssentialTension Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) OK, anyonehelp with this. I have a Fender American Deluxe Precision. This is an active bass with pots for volume, pickup blend, stacked bass and treble, and middle. Except for the volume all pots have central notches. The middle pot feels to have lost its centre notch and clanks at full cut and more so at full boost - kind of sounds microphonic - and I seem to have some mid boost going on. Do I just change the pot? Edited March 11, 2009 by EssentialTension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Sounds like something inside has let go - maybe as you say it's producing microphonics the same way as when valve internals get dislodged? Time to swap the pot out and see if it works I suppose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 [quote name='Hamster' post='431877' date='Mar 11 2009, 08:34 PM']Sounds like something inside has let go - maybe as you say it's producing microphonics the same way as when valve internals get dislodged? Time to swap the pot out and see if it works I suppose?[/quote] Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Er...and how do I know what pot to buy? All it says on the pot is 49443 0634 CT8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='432612' date='Mar 12 2009, 04:46 PM']Er...and how do I know what pot to buy? All it says on the pot is 49443 0634 CT8[/quote] its probably just a simple industrial pot with detent...i am checking out a supplier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 (edited) [quote name='mrcrow' post='432738' date='Mar 12 2009, 06:39 PM']its probably just a simple industrial pot with detent...i am checking out a supplier[/quote] Thanks. The Fender parts list describes it as 100KB CNTR DTNT (part #0049443000) - if I have understood correctly. And I found a place in Slovenia that has them!! Edited March 12, 2009 by EssentialTension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='432760' date='Mar 12 2009, 06:54 PM']Thanks. The Fender parts list describes it as 100KB CNTR DTNT (part #0049443000) - if I have understood correctly. And I found a place in Slovenia that has them!![/quote] you are a lot more resourceful than me!! i met a guy in london last weekend from slovenia...its a country with high wages and levels of living...so he told me i guess you have your supplier no results for the uk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 [quote name='mrcrow' post='432764' date='Mar 12 2009, 06:59 PM'] you are a lot more resourceful than me!! i met a guy in london last weekend from slovenia...its a country with high wages and levels of living...so he told me i guess you have your supplier no results for the uk?[/quote] No UK result so far - maybe I'm doing the wrong search. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Got one in the US now, shipping is three times the price of the pot!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 (edited) And it seems this is a common ailment. Even a thread on Talkbass. Edited March 12, 2009 by EssentialTension Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='432775' date='Mar 12 2009, 07:09 PM']Got one in the US now, shipping is three times the price of the pot!![/quote] you know that pot is made in a factory for 5 cents and used in 1000's of applications....imho we in the music fraternity get soaked just because fender buys them in bulk and rips us off for replacements its the same with cars for just simple parts ...bolts etc hope you get it sorted ok though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 It looks like Slovenia wins it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='432781' date='Mar 12 2009, 07:14 PM']It looks like Slovenia wins it.[/quote] good old euro zone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Hang on! Slovenia loses because I can't figure out how to buy anything from the site. Looks like US has pulled into the lead. Does no one sell these in UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Bit the bullet and ordered from US. It better work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanto Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='432847' date='Mar 12 2009, 08:39 PM']Bit the bullet and ordered from US. It better work.[/quote] The same happened to my new P deluxe-I bent a few bits in the pot and it's been fine ever since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 [quote name='yanto' post='432993' date='Mar 12 2009, 10:54 PM']The same happened to my new P deluxe-I bent a few bits in the pot and it's been fine ever since[/quote] Hmmm... maybe I'll try that but my mid pot has always felt slightly strange and sort of floppy (compared to the treble and bass and blend) even when it worked. On my searches I've come across half a dozen people who have had problems with this pot on the American Deluxe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='432833' date='Mar 12 2009, 08:21 PM']Hang on! Slovenia loses because I can't figure out how to buy anything from the site. Looks like US has pulled into the lead. Does no one sell these in UK?[/quote] what i think is .....the signal goes into a pot...specifically designed to do a job of work the signal can be any signal so long as the pot is capable of handling it and not attenuating it so who makes these pots...in the uk..must be somebody and it aint fender but there we go...and there you go good luck...and i hope it does the job too!! ps you could have contacted a uk luthier for 'a pot' to do the job.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 [quote name='mrcrow' post='434027' date='Mar 13 2009, 06:42 PM']what i think is .....the signal goes into a pot...specifically designed to do a job of work the signal can be any signal so long as the pot is capable of handling it and not attenuating it so who makes these pots...in the uk..must be somebody and it aint fender but there we go...and there you go good luck...and i hope it does the job too!! ps you could have contacted a uk luthier for 'a pot' to do the job..[/quote] You're probably correct about a UK luthier having something to 'do the job' but...anyway. Price turned out not too bad because I ordered two (just in case) and got a major Paypal refund on the shipping due to it costing much less than advertised on the website. And they are already in USPS post this morning. So my recommendation goes to [url="http://www.darrenriley.com/main.html"]Darren Riley Guitar & Amp Shop[/url] of Raleigh, North Carolina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='434095' date='Mar 13 2009, 07:46 PM']You're probably correct about a UK luthier having something to 'do the job' but...anyway. Price turned out not too bad because I ordered two (just in case) and got a major Paypal refund on the shipping due to it costing much less than advertised on the website. And they are already in USPS post this morning. So my recommendation goes to [url="http://www.darrenriley.com/main.html"]Darren Riley Guitar & Amp Shop[/url] of Raleigh, North Carolina.[/quote] bumo for them alls well that ends well...well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcrow Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 [quote name='EssentialTension' post='434095' date='Mar 13 2009, 07:46 PM']You're probably correct about a UK luthier having something to 'do the job' but...anyway. Price turned out not too bad because I ordered two (just in case) and got a major Paypal refund on the shipping due to it costing much less than advertised on the website. And they are already in USPS post this morning. So my recommendation goes to [url="http://www.darrenriley.com/main.html"]Darren Riley Guitar & Amp Shop[/url] of Raleigh, North Carolina.[/quote] bumo for them alls well that ends well...well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 [quote name='mrcrow' post='434700' date='Mar 14 2009, 04:57 PM']alls well that ends well...well?[/quote] Pot now replaced and all is perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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