How to Change a Guitar Pot | Guitar Tech Tips | Ep. 21 | Thomann

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Let's see what you need to know about swapping potentiometers on guitars and basses.
There's the obvious part: shaft length, if you need a 250k, 500k or 25k pot, etc.
There's something else though, that many seem to forget... The shaft width.
Check out the video for details. Enjoy Guitar Tech Tips! :)
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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Two standard shaft widths
1:06 Let's change this potentiometer
1:42 The soldering iron
2:15 Don't drill from the inside
3:19 Wiring the new pot
5:35 Check if it works
5:47 The old knob will not fit anymore
6:07 Time for a test ride
6:36 Outtakes
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Комментарии : 57

@jamesbeaver948 Год назад

Make sure to clean the exposed wire ends and terminals with alcohol before soldering. Clean the soldering iron tip with brass wool too. Clean components and tools will produce much lower impedance (resistance) connection -->> cleaner signals. I'm an electrical engineer and a class 3 soldering certified in my day job. Hope this helps.

@06szymonszymanski 3 года назад

Thomann should start offering Custom guitar body and necks and take over Warmoth clientele in Europe. Brilliant video Kris 👏 Thank you 😁

@Mike_B. 3 года назад

Warmoth is cool tho...

@Mike_B. 3 года назад

Warmoth is cool tho...

@johnlackner1193 3 года назад

Quite a few soldering tips I never knew about before watching this. It's never too late to learn something new. Lots of "why didn't I think of this"? Great video.

@goncaloveiga 3 года назад

This video series is amazing! Great work!

@brianmckenzie1318 3 года назад

Great video!!! I would imagine many are shocked when switching out pots that the shafts are different on import guitars!

@billyc1956 3 года назад

Very nice! Thanks for the tips.

@mathewburns4450 3 года назад

Yo great tutorial! Thank you so much, will definitely be subscribing.

@peter2712771 3 года назад

Good call on using a counter sink bit. Normally I just tape over the hole, cut the tape covering the hole then hope for the best while drilling 😂.

@rob8482 2 месяца назад

Awesome video! THANK YOU!

@southerncrossvids 2 года назад

Excellent! Thanks bud!!

@wadecourtney8958 3 года назад

How about a video on switching from passive to active electronics on a bass. Or maybe telling what exactly the difference is between active electronics and active pickups and the advantages ot disadvantages of each. That actually might be a few videos!

@megatedassaultituary6783 Год назад

Nice, always on point and easy to understand. Also YOu play pretty good man. not too many guitar techs are known to actually play guitar lol 🤣😄

@jisakoff Год назад

You can enlarge holes with a reamer

@jananstunes 3 года назад

Awesome, cool, im subscribing and thank yoy

@mrHellkid1 Год назад

Do you have a particular split coil 500k pot you'd recomend that use the smaller shaft width? I do not own a drill with the correct bore tip or 10mm drill bit to modify the guitar myself, otherwise I'd do so and get the CTS

@oldguy5381 3 года назад

You did good grasshopper 😜

@karloseklasamentes 10 месяцев назад

I would like to see you changing pots on a semi hollow guitar or bass like the HB 60...It seems almost impossible.

@philsequeira3180 3 года назад

On a SC 550 are the pots long shaft or “regular”?

@countblue 3 года назад

I had to swap a pot in my Harley Benton "Cabronita" and I noticed the wires were absoutly short so there was almost no way to maneuver. I had to mount the pot into the cavity before soldering so I could reach the pins with the wires. Thats not very servicefriendly. ;-( However it still worked because I know how to solder in thight spaces as I am a professional in that area. Thats the reason I do all the electronic stuff on guitars myself. The first pickup I swapped was in 1975 I think. I put a De Armond Humbucker into a Fender Tele Neckposition.

@beenay18 3 года назад

Can you show us how to remove the volume knob flush to the guitar surface? I cant put up with the obstruction to my picking hand anymore

@oliveredvardsen5741 2 года назад

What size of drills do you use I have bought the same pots allparts cts 500k

@PooNinja 3 года назад

Voiding warranties is my business and business is good 🤘🏽. What If’n I gots humbuckers and wanna add coil splits? there’s so many opinions, add a new switch of some type, change a pot to a push push (preferred) or push pull (more common), how do ya add a phase reversal switch? And what’s the deal with logarithmic Vs linear and what’s for what!!! Asking for a friend !

@PooNinja 3 года назад

Ok I’m my only friend, but I asked me to ask!

@PooNinja 3 года назад

Yea I asked me too.

@Steven_SK 3 года назад

Poo Ninja thanks for clearing that up for you........

@1okanaganguy 3 года назад

Can you talk about the advantages of upgrading pots, please?

@Miekk4 3 года назад

Some cheaper (made in china etc.) guitars come with low quality pots which can cause muddiness or other problems with guitar tone. Thus new pots can make your guitar sound better/clearer. Also it is time to change if your pot is broken.

@vw9659 3 года назад

@@Miekk4 Pots of the same resistance have zero effect on tone. Resistance is resistance. However pots do have tolerances. Up to +/- 20% on CTS pots. So a pot that says 500k on the tin could be 600k, or 400k (at the extremes, but most are closer than that). So if you change between two "500k" spec pots you could actually be changing resistance. As pots load the pickups, that could brighten or darken your pickup. Pots are only really worth replacing if they are worn (eg permanently scratchy) or if you want to change resistance.

@HavendaleBlvd80 3 года назад

Are copper shaft pots, better than brass and aluminum?

@greggw890 8 месяцев назад

I have a squier strat can you give me tips on changing out the pots it came with 2 volume 1 tone I just want 2 volume I don't use the tone pot I use it on my amp 🎸🔊

@hanten10 3 года назад

In my opinion using a reamer is much secure especially for the beginner 😅

@mikechecka292 3 года назад

Also applies if you want to add a switch..

@nourdinenourdine4223 21 день назад

Please Mr kris , knobs of my Maybach lester 59 broken easily what knob will last longtime I m not even agrissive !!! Thanks for sharing with us your big experience s . We miss your second live on the river please

@nourdinenourdine4223 21 день назад

Hi from Morocco

@flylilpyro1 3 года назад

Hey man I need to remove my pot completely so how would I wire it to control my neck middle and bridge under the same tone knob on my fender Strat any suggestions

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 3 года назад

Hey, do you mean you have to remove the tone knob? What you're looking for is called master tone mod. Google "strat master tone wiring" and you'll find tons of good scematics. Basically you have to solder the volume and tone pots together directly. The wire runs between the left log of the volume and the right log of the tone. Middle log of tone goes to ground and that's it. Good luck! //Kris

@eyalkatz6487 2 года назад

Is there a diffrance betwin volume and tone pots? And if there is a diffrance what is it?

@sanjeevmraman Год назад

A tone pot is a volume pot plus a capacitor

@erockscott1184 2 года назад

What pots should be used in a bass??....i heard 250K ...not 500 is this true??

@carvelcake5660 Год назад

Hi, one of my tone shaft broke up while I was switching the tone of my stratocaster. One of the two tiny metal piece fell of with the tone knob. Anyone know how can I fix that? I'm sure I need a professional for those things. :o

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Год назад

I'm sorry to hear that. You'll have to remove this pot and install a new one. That means you have to unsolder the original joints (the wires and the capacitor) and connect the new pot the same way as the old was. If that's too much hassle for you, I recommend visiting a tech. Good luck! //Kris

@dominikschillinger495 2 года назад

Was macht es für einen Unterschied zwischen 250k Potis und 500k Potis? Was nehme ich am besten für einen Bass?

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 2 года назад

Hi, du brauchst die verschiedenen Potis für verschiedenen Tonabnehmer. Passive Humbucker: 500k, passive Singel-Coil: 250k, active Pickups (egal ob Single-Coil oder Humbucker) 25k. Ich hoffe das hilft. Ciao //Kris

@josiahhockenberry9846 Год назад

As a novice who doesn't want to get shocked, it sure would be nice if there was hard standardization of wire colors. Before I watched this video I always though (g)reen was (g)round. If I had wired it that way then who knows...

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses Год назад

That would be awesome indeed. Unfortunately brands are doing "their thing" for too long and I don't see a reason for them to change that. Good thing is, when you do a little research (or check the info sheet that comes with most pickups) you'll get the info you need. Cheers //Kris

@keithbloomfield8112 6 месяцев назад

Why don't you/they connect all ground wires together away from the pot, then have a single wire from the join to the back of the pot. So much tidier.

@marcionobrega5117 3 года назад

😯😯😯🙋‍♂️

@klngc1514 3 года назад

I can only play guitar with pot

@kennyburg5882 Год назад

Buy a step bit

@joeking1019 3 года назад

learn to use a soldering iron, a screwdriver and pliers. Not rocket science.

@Mr.Nabil.Belhaj 3 года назад

It's gets messy quickly and it's stupid that we have to use solder and heat up the pots, it damages them, they should make all pots solder-less

@daddymidwest4111 10 месяцев назад

This guy has LOST his mind! Use tape on the body before drilling, and run the drill in reverse. This will lessen the possibility of blowout of the wood around the hole. A reamer is the way to go, for a job like this though. YOU control the tool, NOT an electric motor. Spend the $10-$20, for the tool. You’ll be glad you did, or possibly sorry you didn’t. Just one man’s opinion. Additionally, he’s NOT George Clooney... Enough with the head shaking already. 😏