value of a Tone Pot for a J6

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gtburge1
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value of a Tone Pot for a J6

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The tone pot on my J 6 quit working i tryed deoxit faderlube stll don't work.
Put a meter on it nothing the back of the pot is stamped 31P043 under that 304942.
I Put a mixer pot from a Rick 360/12 thats 500k it works.
But i would like to know what value it should have

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Re: value of a Tone Pot for a J6

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tone: 250k audio taper
volume: 500k audio taper
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Re: value of a Tone Pot for a J6

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Thanks

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Re: value of a Tone Pot for a J6

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You are welcome.
I might have missed the point though.
The value of a tone pot?
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Re: value of a Tone Pot for a J6

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rshatz wrote:You are welcome.
I might have missed the point though.
The value of a tone pot?
Dollar 280. :twisted: :twisted: :lol:
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Re: value of a Tone Pot for a J6

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rshatz wrote:You are welcome.
I might have missed the point though.
The value of a tone pot?

You Funny

You gave me what i wanted 250k or 500k.
But i found At http://www.horseshoemagnets.com/userfiles/wiring.jpg
Wiring for Ric steels volume=250k audio taper and tone = 500k audio taper
I'm Going to try your way.

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Re: value of a Tone Pot for a J6

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johnallg wrote:You gave me what i wanted 250k or 500k.
But i found At http://www.horseshoemagnets.com/userfiles/wiring.jpg
Wiring for Ric steels volume=250k audio taper and tone = 500k audio taper
I'm Going to try your way.
I screwed up. I'd go with the diagram on horseshoe magnets.
Sorry,
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