Problem with wiring?

koolkakool

hi . you might remember I posted here a good while ago about fixing up an old guitar . anyway, i think i have a problem. Sometimes when i plug the guitar in, no sound comes out at all, and other times it works fine. And when it does work, the tone knob seems to be doing nothing either.

here are some pictures, i was just wondering if anyone would be able to tell whats wrong by looking at them If not, ill probably take it to a guitar shop at the weekend.

Thanks

(the tone knob is at the far right)

Doctor J

Can't really look at the pics in work but from a quick peep, your tone pot is on the right? Well it's not wired up to anything which is why it ain't working and the capacitor is on the volume pot, for some reason.

The best thing to do here is rewire from scratch. What are you trying to do with this, one vol, one tone and a 3 way switch or what?

Have a look here, you should be able to find what you need

http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/Electronics/Wiring_diagrams.html

koolkakool

Doctor J wrote: »

Can't really look at the pics in work but from a quick peep, your tone pot is on the right? Well it's not wired up to anything which is why it ain't working and the capacitor is on the volume pot, for some reason.

The best thing to do here is rewire from scratch. What are you trying to do with this, one vol, one tone and a 3 way switch or what?

Have a look here, you should be able to find what you need

http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/Electronics/Wiring_diagrams.html

ya, it's one volume, one tone and a 3 way switch. Thanks for the help, ill have a look at that site now

68 lost souls

Yep pretty sure he is right. Nothing is going to the tone pot except the ground and the cap is on the volume. It looks like the pot on the top is the tone and the one on the right is vlume but not wired in properly.

koolkakool

thanks again for the help. Everything seems to be working fine now

Doctor J

Glad to hear it