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Topic: 53 fender Champ Question |
Larry Otis
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Napa, California, USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2006 6:23 am |
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| I just got a beat up old '53 Champ. All the wiring and electronics are original and have never been tampered with. I sprayed the pots and the tone pot acts as volume as well as the vol pot. What could be the trouble? Bad cap? Thanks Otis |
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Matthew Prouty
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Warsaw, Poland
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Posted 17 Mar 2006 7:31 am
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There might not be anything wrong with it. These tone pots and tone stacks are very lossy in the 5C1 and 5D1 series. It was not until the E series came along and sloved a lot of tone stack issues. The tone pot on the C series and D series attenuates the signal across a wide band. If it does not affect the tone at all, just volume then the caps are bad and it is attenuating all frequencies to ground. You can replace the caps on the tone pot and see if that helps, but it would be good to know what you are expecting. These tone stacks are very rudimentary in their design.
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George Manno
From:
chicago
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Posted 17 Mar 2006 7:36 am
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There might be a hairline crack in the cap. About a year ago I asked the same question here when I purchased a BR6 at a yardsale. The cap was changes and the guitar came alive.
...and the beat goes on.
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 17 Mar 2006 9:23 am
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This should be in Electronics, not No Peddlers, so I've moved it there.
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