ES339 Coil Tapping

[Bubba1]

Hi Guys. I'm new around here. I bought a new Epiphone ES339 about a month ago. I really like the sound I get from this guitar a lot more than I thought I would. I had a Gibson Les Paul back in the 70's. Enjoyed that a lot too, but had to sell her when I decided to start a family and needed the cash more than I needed guitars. The reason I bring up the LP is that it had neat little position markers under the knobs and I thought those were pretty handy. so I got some for this ES339. When I went to take the knobs off to install the position markers, the tone controls came of nicely. The VOLUME knobs on the other hand, came off with a shaft still attached to the knob. I thought I broke the pots. I went ahead with the marker install and put the shafts back in the hole in the pot. Now, I'm worried I screwed the knobs up. They come out of the pot fairly easy now. what did I do and is there any hope of fixing them?

 

Thanks in advance...

Mike

[Bluemans335]

That happened to me on one of my Epi LP's. The knob was on one was so tight, the push-pull shaft came up with it. I just lined it up and pushed the shaft back in the pot and it works fine. I got away with it, but I don't want to make a habit of doing that.

[Aoresteen]

The pot shaft has come loose and it's very hard to repair. Most often tey are just replaced. Call Epiphone. They *MIGHT* send replacement parts under warrenty. 1-800-444-2766

[Bubba1]

The pot shaft has come loose and it's very hard to repair. Most often tey are just replaced. Call Epiphone. They *MIGHT* send replacement parts under warrenty. 1-800-444-2766

Thanks Tony. I'll try that. Can't get it if ya don't ask, right?