Aloha from Hawaii,
I have a T486 purchased about 3 months ago. I have 2 Gibson Les Pauls that I love, but my new favorite is this Eastman. It is amazing!
Everything has been great with this instrument until last week when the bridge volume pot started crackling when turning. I tried some contact cleaner spray in the pot, but to no avail. I had some good quality 500k pots, so I thought I’d just try to replace it. I put thread/ strings on all the pots and proceeded to try to remove the harness. I immediately ran into a major issue. I couldn’t remove the first pot through the f hole. I tried everything that I thought was reasonable without trying to force it and damaging the finish.
my question to the group is: has any one replaced the pots and is there something obvious that I’m doing wrong?
I thought I might try removing the bridge pickup to see if that’s the way the wiring was installed. Can any confirm that this might work?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
thanks,
m
I have a T486 purchased about 3 months ago. I have 2 Gibson Les Pauls that I love, but my new favorite is this Eastman. It is amazing!
Everything has been great with this instrument until last week when the bridge volume pot started crackling when turning. I tried some contact cleaner spray in the pot, but to no avail. I had some good quality 500k pots, so I thought I’d just try to replace it. I put thread/ strings on all the pots and proceeded to try to remove the harness. I immediately ran into a major issue. I couldn’t remove the first pot through the f hole. I tried everything that I thought was reasonable without trying to force it and damaging the finish.
my question to the group is: has any one replaced the pots and is there something obvious that I’m doing wrong?
I thought I might try removing the bridge pickup to see if that’s the way the wiring was installed. Can any confirm that this might work?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
thanks,
m
