Tone Pot lowers the volume for neck pickup after 4 way switch installation.

[Paumanok]

I installed a 4 way switch exactly as described in multiple tutorials and I'm having a few problems but I'm currently focusing on a problem with the tone pot. Before i installed the 4-way switch, when i would lower the Tone pot on the neck pickup spot, the volume would stay the same and it would get very warm sounding. Now after the the installation it brings the volume down and kills the tone. I have a video that describes it here http://youtu.be/l7tUMxp3fWI.

Sorry for the quality, the video was taken with my laptop. the second problem is shown at the end of the video so if you know what's wrong then cool but it's not priority.

Thanks for any help in advance.

[tfsails]

Did you run a new ground wire from the neck pup's cover to the back of one of the pots?

I just a couple days ago put a 4-way on my Tele and mine's fine. Since you have to remove the neck pup's ground wire from the back of the volume pot and attach it to the selector switch, it's mandatory that you run a new ground from the pup cover to the pot. Without this ground, you will get a lot of noise from that pup, and your "funny noise" problem sounds like something like this is happening.

Not sure if this will solve the tone/volume problem, but I'm pretty sure it'll solve the "funny noise" problem with the pickguard. And then, it just might fix the tone problem, too.

Good luck!

[Paumanok]

Originally Posted by tfsails

Did you run a new ground wire from the neck pup's cover to the back of one of the pots?

I just a couple days ago put a 4-way on my Tele and mine's fine. Since you have to remove the neck pup's ground wire from the back of the volume pot and attach it to the selector switch, it's mandatory that you run a new ground from the pup cover to the pot. Without this ground, you will get a lot of noise from that pup, and your "funny noise" problem sounds like something like this is happening.

Not sure if this will solve the tone/volume problem, but I'm pretty sure it'll solve the "funny noise" problem with the pickguard. And then, it just might fix the tone problem, too.

Good luck!

I have the ground soldered to the tab that's screwed into the body that already had a ground wire from the volume pot attached to it. would that make a difference?