wiring problem?

axisus

My main guitar has a problem which it hasn't ever shown before. I'm sat at home playing, and out of the blue the volume cuts to about 50% of what it should be. If I bash the end of the guitar on the carpet it works OK again for a while (it's a relic!), but eventually it does the same thing.

I had a look at the wiring, and nothing appears to be loose in any way. What is going on???

Gagaryn

faulty pot?

Funkfingers

Dirty or corroded jack socket contacts?

If the guitar has active pickups, EQ or booster devices, the +9v battery could be due for replacement.

ESBlonde

Again dirty or loose jack contacts. Some lemon juice or vinegar on a cotton bud to clean the contact area might help diagnose it.

guitars4you

suspect dry joint, maybe on the volume pot - or dirt on the contacts of the pot - try cleaning the pot with a switch cleaner like Servisol - a quick spray and quickly move the pot from 1-10 a few times to clean 

Does it just have the 1 vol pot and cut out on all pick-ups

axisus

guitars4you said:

suspect dry joint, maybe on the volume pot - or dirt on the contacts of the pot - try cleaning the pot with a switch cleaner like Servisol - a quick spray and quickly move the pot from 1-10 a few times to clean 

Does it just have the 1 vol pot and cut out on all pick-ups

Yeah, one vol one tone and the whole signal dies.