Dan Ulrich Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Like Leftee I have re-wired my Strat MIM for "proper" operation as well. Picked up an Epi LP lefty last week expecting to do the same rewiring, and guess what..... it was wired correctly! Even the numbers on the knobs were reversed. My thinking is that because of the humbuckers it used 500K pots that are reverse taper as opposed to the 250K pots in the strat that are not available in reverse taper (to my knowledge). If I were to replace the pots in the Strat with the unavailable reverse tapers the knobs would reflect backwards operation. Guess it's all about the pots. Bottom line is now the Strats rotate one way and the Epi the other. No big deal, but it shows it can be done if the parts were available (250K reverse taper and reverse numbered pots for the Strat). Anyone else experience this? Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubstar Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 hey dan this is the crucial part...even though it is wired "correctly" and has "lefty" knobs", do you get full tonal range? or still an uneven curve with pronounced treble cut / treble presence? american standard strat LH: RH knobs, wired LH, poor tonal range elitist LP standard LH: RH knobs, wired LH, poor tonal range MIK casino LH: LH knobs, wired LH, poor tonal range gibson SG special faded LH: RH knobs, wired RH, full tonal range...sounds great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Ulrich Posted January 23, 2008 Author Share Posted January 23, 2008 Yep, tonal range pretty much sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubstar Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 so it probably has righty pots wired lefty, like my casino... eventually I'm going to have mine all switched over to upside down righty operation like the SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Ulrich Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Don't think so. The tone non-linearity exists due to the fact they used audio-taper for the tone pots. Correct for volume, wrong for tone! Not that big of a deal anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokestack Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 You can happily use linear pots either way around...but then you end up with that awkward range of adjustment with the tone pots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubstar Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I think smoke has it...regardless, on my guitars, I am pretty sure that "A" and "B" pots are used (audio and linear)...and based on everything said here and on the FDP, and also based on how my guitars work and are wired, they are all going to get swapped over to traditional RH wiring and operation...upside down is fine by me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Ulrich Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share Posted January 27, 2008 Even funnier, you cannot buy reversed top hat numbered knobs from Gibson/Epiphone, but they are shipped on their lefties when new. I am looking at them as I type. what is that all about? Dano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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