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Volume and Tone pots working backwards.

  • 28-04-2008 3:22pm
    #1
    Hoagy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 720 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    I just bought a lefty Fernandes Retrorocket and the two pots work backwards, i.e turn the vol up to 10 to shut it off.

    Funny thing is, last year I bought a lefty U.S. Strat which is the same.
    At the time I thought it was a Fender thing.

    So, is it because they're lefty's or do regular strats have reversed pots as well?


Comments

  • #2
    Doctor J
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,848 ✭✭✭✭Doctor J


    Are you saying the action is reversed - if you turn it clockwise it turns down?


  • #3
    Hoagy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 720 ✭✭✭Hoagy


    Doctor J wrote: »
    Are you saying the action is reversed - if you turn it clockwise it turns down?

    Yes that's it exactly.


  • #4
    nickcave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭nickcave


    I'd have thought that was normal for a lefty. It's the opposite to a right handed guitar.


  • #5
    Dord
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,817 ✭✭✭✭Dord


    nickcave wrote: »
    I'd have thought that was normal for a lefty. It's the opposite to a right handed guitar.

    Me too. Isn't that normal on lefties? :confused:


  • #6
    -=al=-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭-=al=-


    nope they wiring is just done wrong, it should be the "normal" way and by normal i mean the righty way - where u turn it clockwise to turn it up, so on a lefty its counter clockwise same way but backwards, gettit???


    have 5 different electrics and they've each had work done and have been wired differently which is kinda annoying really knowing different things on diff guitars....

    i dont know what was goin on with my les paul, the bridge volume knob is wired and turns the correct way but acts as an overall Master volume over the 2 pups, its a lot handier, than the previes way funny neough

    but i had new pups put in my rg and the tone pot was wired backwards

    i have a flipped righty strat with one volume knob thats wired backwards



    maybe i shud go somewhere else to get pickups done!!!


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