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Is the back of the pot grounded? If you post a pic it will be easier to diagnose.
Yup, diagram AND pictures. Thanks in advance for any help!
what type of files are the last two? I can't open them.
Daryl Bookout said:
Yup, diagram AND pictures. Thanks in advance for any help!
jpg's (pictures). I'm on my iMac, if the extension isn't .jpg, you should be able to rename them...
I attached a PDF in case you have trouble opening the jpegs.
Wes Yates said:
what type of files are the last two? I can't open them.
Daryl Bookout said:
Yup, diagram AND pictures. Thanks in advance for any help!
Thanks Wes, problem solved!! I ran a wire from the back of the pot to the 3rd lug on the jack and it all works great now - no hum, smooth tone!
Question... I was wired as per your diagram and still had the hum (solved by touching the pot and the metal jacket on the guitar cable). When I wired from the pot to the jack, problem went away... When you guys say "ground the pot" do you mean running a wire to the 3rd lug as I did?
Si, or bend the put lug back and solder that to the body if yer able. I hate to say it, I had mine wired exactly as shown -- that is three wires to the third lug. Black from the Piezo, one to the body of the pot and one to the ring lug. Too many wires IMHO.
-Wes
Daryl Bookout said:Thanks Wes, problem solved!! I ran a wire from the back of the pot to the 3rd lug on the jack and it all works great now - no hum, smooth tone!
Question... I was wired as per your diagram and still had the hum (solved by touching the pot and the metal jacket on the guitar cable). When I wired from the pot to the jack, problem went away... When you guys say "ground the pot" do you mean running a wire to the 3rd lug as I did?
What I do is solder a stripped length of solid core wire from the ground lug to the back of the pot and then solder all of the ground wires to that wire, including just one that goes to the ground on the jack. This way you apply the least amount of heat to the pot which could cause damage.
Daryl, from your pic it looked like you may have a stereo jack, maybe the original ground wire you soldered went to the wrong tab...
Also, I wire mine like the diagram that Wes posted, it looks like you reversed the wires on the outside lugs of the pot.
Glad it worked out!
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