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gtrguy
Intermediate Member
Username: gtrguy

Post Number: 184
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 11:01 am:   Edit Post

I have an Alembic P bass pickup and controls. The tone knob keeps turning all the way around. It has a place where I feel a 'stop' but you can prettly easily keep turning it past that. Is this normal? I have not ever installed it on a bass yet to test it.

Thanks,
Dave
0vid
Intermediate Member
Username: 0vid

Post Number: 157
Registered: 4-2003
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 6:31 am:   Edit Post

If it is the knob then it needs securing. If it is the shaft of the potentiometer that's revolving, you need to replace the pot.
chalie_holmes
Junior
Username: chalie_holmes

Post Number: 20
Registered: 3-2009
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 7:00 am:   Edit Post

You will have to replace the potentiometer.
I had a Jazz bass with the activators and I had the same problem when my bass slipped off it's strap and fell on it's front. The volume pot still worked but the "stop" point on it was broken.
gtrguy
Intermediate Member
Username: gtrguy

Post Number: 185
Registered: 9-2004
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 8:37 am:   Edit Post

Uh no, both pots don't stop. They feel more like there is a detent than a stop and just keep turning. Will they still work this way?
chalie_holmes
Junior
Username: chalie_holmes

Post Number: 21
Registered: 3-2009
Posted on Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 8:44 am:   Edit Post

It is possible that it will work because my potentiometer still worked although it kept turning and had that "stop" point even though the bass was dropped on the potentiometer. You will just have to try it and see, then decide if you want to purchase a pot. Depending on how old the potentiometer is you might not be able to purchase 1 pot.

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