Well the build is coming along, and I've put everything together today only to find one head scratcher of a problem. I have a Freeway switch with independent tone controls and a Bourns sealed 300k volume pot with a 3.3m ohm resister across the hot and ground. After plugging it in and turning it up to 10 for tuning, I get no output. Knowing everything was wired according to the schematics, I started flipping switches and twisting knobs until I start seeing letters show up on the tuner. Good news! But then I find the problem is in my volume pot. Turning the volume all the way up or all the way down cuts off the power completely. Seems like a bad pot but I just wanted to run it by this group of experts to hear your thoughts. This is the first time I've used a 300k pot for volume with a resistor, and even though it's connected per the schematics I have no idea what it's supposed to accomplish except possibly drop the pots value to 274k and possibly brighten the tone a bit. Thoughts on why this volume pot drops out before it hits its stops on either end?
I've attached the wiring for the volume pot. The freeway with seems to be working properly so no need to add to the confusion.
Thanks and a bag of chips!
I've attached the wiring for the volume pot. The freeway with seems to be working properly so no need to add to the confusion.
Thanks and a bag of chips!