7342 and 7341 Potentiaometer values?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:21 pm

I am not an expert on pots ... but I do know there is audio and linear taper and 250k ohm and 500k ohm are common ... less common are 1000 range and 300 range ... for 4004 basses I like to use carvin 500k ohm pots and for 4003 basses I like the Rickenbacker 250k ohm pots although I am sure Ric doesn't manufacture pots but rather they purchase them ... somebody recently asked what was the best tone .047 capacitors they ran 3 different ones by me and I told him I had used all 3 and I can't hear the difference ...

I have never worked on a 3001 or even seen one in person ... I looked at the schematic on the Ric page and I really don't quite understand the wiring ... I am not sure what the purpose of all 3 controls is on that bass ... is it 2 volumes or 2 tones?

edski · Post by **edski** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:28 pm

Oh sorry - I though you have or had one!

From what I've read, and the little electronics I had in physics class long ago, I think it's a volume and 2 tones - a high cut and a low cut.

Looks like an interesting cicuit...

aceonbass · Post by **aceonbass** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:29 pm

3001's are wired volume,bass and treble. Every 3001 and 3000 for that matter,I've ever seen had components in them that weren't in the schematic.

edski · Post by **edski** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:35 pm

So they are boosts rather than cuts, and bass-treble rather than the other way?

Thought I might have had something backwards!

Thanks for the info Dane.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:21 pm

they have to be cuts ... you can't boost without a preamp ... I had a Dillion wired with one volume and 2 tones passive ... it didn't quite work one of the tone controls did nothing ... If I had a 3000 or 3001 I would put in a 2nd pickup and wire it vvt

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:54 pm

One tone control works as a high pass filter, the other as a low pass.