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Teddy Salad · May 19th, 2006, 04:22 PM

I just wired up a 2- Humbucker Tele with 1 tone and 1 volume control & a 3-way, and my tone pot now rolls off when I turn it clockwise! either I've accidentally slipped into a parallel universe, or I've crossed some wires, but I can't for the life of me figure out which one(s). The wiring looks correct, but then again, I suck at wiring! Can anyone out there point a wayward son in the right direction? Thanks a bunch!

-T.S.

all_identaties_taken · May 19th, 2006, 04:26 PM

This happens all the time, I've done it myself on more than one occasion. You have to reverse all the wiers on the pot.
If you look at the pot upside down you have three pins where you have solders wiers. Number them one two and three. Two would be the one in the center, anything connected there stays where it is. Anything connected to pin one should be connected to pin three and vice verser. That will solve the problem.

jwells393 · May 19th, 2006, 04:28 PM

Post a picture of your wiring. It's next to impossible to diagnose someone's wiring mistake without a picture. A picture of the wiring diagram you used would also help. If you used a Seymour Duncan diagram ............ I may know your problem.

cacibi · May 19th, 2006, 05:02 PM

It never occurred to me that you could customize the knob turn direction for volume and tone as well.....hmmmm, might actually work better for volume and tone swells that way.

JohnnyCrash · May 19th, 2006, 08:12 PM

Just play everything backwards :)

Bones · May 19th, 2006, 08:18 PM

The first Esquire I built, I wired up using the schematic on Seymour Duncan's site and ended up twith backwards volume control, but I found I actually liked it that way.

0le FUZZY · May 19th, 2006, 08:57 PM

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Just play everything backwards :)

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0.F.

degsycaster · May 20th, 2006, 06:26 AM

I did the same thing to mine and I love it! It gives me great delight when my mates play it, and it doesn't seem to affect the tone at all.

May 19th, 2006, 04:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Teddy Salad Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: LV-426 Posts: 197 7 Photos	Help! My Tone control works backwards! I just wired up a 2- Humbucker Tele with 1 tone and 1 volume control & a 3-way, and my tone pot now rolls off when I turn it clockwise! either I've accidentally slipped into a parallel universe, or I've crossed some wires, but I can't for the life of me figure out which one(s). The wiring looks correct, but then again, I suck at wiring! Can anyone out there point a wayward son in the right direction? Thanks a bunch! -T.S. __________________ Non-Linear, Closed-Loop, Spirals everywhere in our Universe.

May 19th, 2006, 04:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
all_identaties_taken Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 867	This happens all the time, I've done it myself on more than one occasion. You have to reverse all the wiers on the pot. If you look at the pot upside down you have three pins where you have solders wiers. Number them one two and three. Two would be the one in the center, anything connected there stays where it is. Anything connected to pin one should be connected to pin three and vice verser. That will solve the problem. __________________ John. „Als das Kind Kind war, ging es mit hängenden Armen, wollte der Bach sei ein Fluß, der Fluß sei ein Strom, und diese Pfütze das Meer." ~ Lied Vom Kindsein – Peter Handke

May 19th, 2006, 04:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
jwells393 Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 65 Posts: 14,283 101 Photos	Post a picture of your wiring. It's next to impossible to diagnose someone's wiring mistake without a picture. A picture of the wiring diagram you used would also help. If you used a Seymour Duncan diagram ............ I may know your problem. __________________ Jack's Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person.

May 19th, 2006, 05:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
cacibi Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,840	Interesting It never occurred to me that you could customize the knob turn direction for volume and tone as well.....hmmmm, might actually work better for volume and tone swells that way. __________________ www.thegearspy.com

May 19th, 2006, 08:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
JohnnyCrash Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 8,746	Just play everything backwards :) __________________ -- I constantly have to remind myself I'm a grownup and it's just the internet.

May 19th, 2006, 08:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
Bones Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,921 1 Photos	The first Esquire I built, I wired up using the schematic on Seymour Duncan's site and ended up twith backwards volume control, but I found I actually liked it that way.

May 20th, 2006, 06:26 AM	#8 (permalink)
degsycaster Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2006 Location: Suffolk, England Age: 39 Posts: 767 77 Photos	Back to front tone pot wiring I did the same thing to mine and I love it! It gives me great delight when my mates play it, and it doesn't seem to affect the tone at all.

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