Strat Volume knob is reverse.

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Strat Volume knob is reverse.

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I wired up my strat with a jb humbucker, single volume single tone, and the volume pot works backwards. So basically its all volume or none. They are the U.S. strat volume/tone pots.

I followed this diagram to the T.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wi ... 1vol_1tone

Any suggestion? I gutted the thing no switches or other pots.
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Post by matte30is »

hmmm I think their diagram might be wrong. Im gonna reverse the 2 outer terminals and leave the middle one alone. They should indicate if your looking at it from the top or beneath it.
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Post by HNB »

This looks correct if you are looking at it from the bottom. (With the gob of solder showing.)
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Have you tried pouring beer on it yet?

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Post by Chris Fleming »

I've used Seymour Duncan diagrams on a strat before (I prefer the pictures to actual wiring diagrams being thick) and I'm pretty sure the pots are of the bottom view. The tabs indicate that I thought. It's only the pickup that's top down
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Well i switched them and it works great now. So I dont know.
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Lefty pot?
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