Telecaster Guitar Forum
IMPORTANT: Treat everyone with respect, no matter how difficult that may be. No hate, politics, religion, sex or drug discussions.
No Commercial Posts: Do not use the TDPRI to buy or sell anything.
Telecaster Guitar Resources Guitar T-shirts
Guitar Tuner
6
E
5
A
4
D
3
G
2
B
1
E
Telecaster Music Shop

Telecaster Guitars at Ebay Musician's Friend Stupid Deal of the Day
 

Go Back   Telecaster Guitar Forum > Other Discussion Forums > Amp Central Station

Amp Central Station Amps, tubes, speakers & everything AMP related.

Forum Jump


Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old February 11th, 2005, 02:47 AM   #1 (permalink)
Friend of Leo's
 
jhundt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Netherlands
Age: 54
Posts: 3,127
scratchy Presence control

I have a modified Fender hybrid, it's like a Princeton Reverb w/ a Deluxe phase inverter and output. It also has a presence control based on the tweed Bassman design. The presence control makes scratchy noises when turned. I seem to remember that another 5F6-A copy I built years ago did the same thing, and I had read somewhere that this was normal, and NOT caused by a dirty or worn pot. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
jhundt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old February 11th, 2005, 08:52 AM   #2 (permalink)
Tele-Afflicted
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: New Jersey
Age: 50
Posts: 1,382
there are 2 ways to wire a presence...one that places DC voltage on the pot, and one that doesn't. I'd rather not explain the difference.....

if your layout puts DC on the pot, then this is normal. DC voltage on a pot can sound scratchy.

oversimplified answer, but i'm pressed for time right now...

mn
mark norwine is offline   Reply With Quote
Old February 11th, 2005, 02:40 PM   #3 (permalink)
Tele-Holic
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 738
What Mark said. IIRC, some Marshalls are notorious for it.
5965 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off
Forum Jump

The words Fender®, Telecaster®, Stratocaster® and the associated headstock designs are registered trademarks of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
The TDPRI is an independent,member supported forum and is not affiliated with Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:28 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0
© TDPRI.COM 1999 - 2008 All rights reserved.