I have a baritone with two humbuckers wired like this.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vgbeok1cmrustb2/wiring.png?raw=1Last week it worked fine, today the volume is very, very low - too low to register in my tuners, but with lots of boost just about useable, but noisy.
I checked the wiring and it looks fine. While prodding around I notice that if I short the connections on the pot that go to the jack and to the switch, the correct volume level returns, and the volume pot works ok.
Obvious answer is to connect the two lugs on the pot, but I'd like to understand what's going on.
Can anyone explain?
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I'll double check the ground connection tomorrow.
If it's not the soldering it will be either a poor contact between one of the terminals and the trackboard, or between the rotor and the track. You can usually fix the first by squeezing the rivets with a pair of fine-nose pliers. The second is normally game over unless you want to try taking the pot apart and bending the contacts slightly so they put a bit more pressure on.
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