My newish (a little over one month old) Bernie Marsden has a "scratchy" volume pot (bridge pick-up) It scratches and then cuts out for a few degrees of travel about one third down from maximum. Is there a quick0and-easy fix for this, as in getting some contact cleaner and spraying inside the pot or is a pot replacement (that I'd probably have to do myself) the only way to go?
PRS SE Scratchy Volume Pot
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Ovibos
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If it was used, I'd say try Deoxit.
Since it's new, take it back to the shop and make them address it.
Since it's new, take it back to the shop and make them address it.
sergiodeblanc
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A new pot from PRS is as much as a can of Deoxit.
Way too much trouble to take it back to the shop where I bought it (as in 450 miles and another country away) so I'd like to take care of it myself if possible.
If it looks too daunting to attempt I can take it to a local luthier.
I've got a new Schroeder stoptail bridge that needs to be installed anyway.
Ovibos
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Sure, but then you're de-soldering and re-soldering it into every guitar when you want to play them. Deoxit I can use on multiple guitars!
Clearly, @sergiodeblanc is willing to do more work for good pot than I am.
sergiodeblanc
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I’m used to the old days where you had to put in work to score.
Ovibos
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So you're saying that Deoxit is like vaping...
sergiodeblanc
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Uhh... dunno. I will say that Deoxit is great to get you through a jam or in a pinch but, $14 for a potentiometer is pretty inexpensive. And it’s like, three wires.
