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Topic: Fender 1000 tone conrol problem |
Ian Finlay
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Kenton, UK
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Posted 12 Jun 2005 12:25 am |
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Hi all,
my Fender 1000 had an inoperative tone control and a noisy switch. I replaced the tone cap last night, and replaced the switch with a new CRL switch.
So now, the neck nearest me works great. Tone control and volume work as expected. However, on the other neck the tone acts like a volume control. I've checked the wiring many times, all solder joints are nice and it should work!
Any clues?
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Klaus Caprani
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted 12 Jun 2005 12:50 am
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Does the two necks have seperate volume/tone controles? (Don't know too much about the Fender 1000).
For the event that the capacitor has a short, it would theoretic'ly make the tone-controle act as an "adjustable" short, effectively acting as a volume-pot.
Hope it helps 
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Klaus Caprani
MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com
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Ian Finlay
From:
Kenton, UK
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Posted 12 Jun 2005 5:13 am
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It's basically wired like a telecaster, so only one tone and volume control for both necks.
Position 1, far neck. Position 2, both necks (pickups in parallel), Position 3, near neck. The tone control works fine if it's switched for the near neck or both necks. Far neck only, the tone is like a volume (well, ish - it's not linear).
So, I think the cap's OK, as are the pots. All I'm left with is the switch, but I can't see how.
Ian[This message was edited by Ian Finlay on 12 June 2005 at 06:14 AM.] |
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Klaus Caprani
From:
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted 12 Jun 2005 6:32 am
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Hmmmm. Really mysterious!
This is quite simple circuitry. You say that you've exchanged the pickup switch. The only reason which immediately comes to mind is, that you might have switched a couple of wires as you put the new one in. I fail to imagine how, though.
(scratching my head) ???
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Klaus Caprani
MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com
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Ian Finlay
From:
Kenton, UK
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Posted 12 Jun 2005 10:14 am
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I don't believe I have. Black from each pickup grounded on the back of the volume pot, white to the switch.
I'm going to try wiring the pickup directly to the volume pot later, unless anyone has any other ideas!
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 12 Jun 2005 4:17 pm
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| You have a wiring error, or a bad or incorrect switch. There can be no other explanation for what you describe. |
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Klaus Caprani
From:
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted 12 Jun 2005 11:28 pm
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Ian!
I would like to see what's up.
Do you have the ways and means to make a digital photo of the circuitry to post here?
PS. I think that we should prepare ourselves for B0b moving this topic to the electronics section.
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Klaus Caprani
MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com
[This message was edited by Klaus Caprani on 13 June 2005 at 12:36 AM.] |
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Ian Finlay
From:
Kenton, UK
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Posted 13 Jun 2005 4:50 am
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Sure, I can take a pic. However, I wired the pickup direct to the volume put and it still does the same thing.
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Klaus Caprani
From:
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Posted 13 Jun 2005 10:02 pm
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I really have great difficulties imagining what could be the problem here.
Apparantly the problem is only with one of two (identical?) pick-ups.
Another reason, for the event that the pick-ups have different impedances, could be that the chosen capacitor is too big, i.e. filtering too much of the frequency range of one of the pick-ups out, psycologic'ly making the resulting tone-controle "sound" like a volume controle, but I fear that's pretty far fetched.
A couple of pics just might be helpful here.
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Klaus Caprani
MCI RangeXpander S-10 3x4
www.klauscaprani.com
[This message was edited by Klaus Caprani on 13 June 2005 at 11:03 PM.] |
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