Recent content by Philipp Elfers

I corrected the value to 2,4 MOhm in my previous post. Your calculator is right, and i have a Multimeter that can measure MOhm. I just didnt read properly in a hurry. My restistors Color (the old one) is red, yellow, green, gold, so its alright. Nice to know that they are trying around with the...

Yes, the resistor was already soldered onto the pot. I dont think that the tolerence woild have that much of an effect, because the difference cant be not more than +-5% . You can tell it by the golden ring on the restistor. The meaning of the rings is normed. If you look at the table, the rings...

Hey guys, it has been a while. I swapped the old pot back then with the new one sent to me by PRS. The repair was quite tricky because the caps of the pots fit very tight. I had fear to break the pickguard, but in the end it worked. I soldered the wires onto the new one like they were before and...

Actually it was Shawn@PRS from Maryland and he even answered in under an hour. :)

Thank you all for all the kind answers. I wrote to PTC and they´ll sent me a new pot and I will swap them out then by myself. I built the soldering station by myself so i think its pretty good, haha. Just kidding. It was part of the formation.

I also tought recently that the value of the guitar will shrink if I use non PRS Parts. At least its like this on the old vintage guitars. I think the SS will only be sold when Im dead, lol.

Hello folks, this is my first post in this great community and its because i´ve got a problem. I purchased a Silver Sky in August this year and like many people here wondered about the loose or wobbeling pots, however you may call it. I played the guitar in some rehearsals and also on a few...