bigtim Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Damn....I tried to switch out the volume and tone knobs on my traditional les paul. I cannot get them off at all. None of them matter of fact. So when did gibson start using super glue? Good grief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Weird! Did you buy that brand new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 I do not know if they are glued or not but I cannot get them off. I just sold a les paul special 1999 that was the same way too. No this other les paul was not purchased new but it has not been altered. I watched a video last night where a guy was using a fork to pry them off. Go figure!! Weird! Did you buy that brand new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Put a kitchen towel or tshirt over them and smack them hard on top with screwdriver handle, hammer handle, something substantial but not metal, and not hard enough to shatter them, just hard enough to get them moving. Then put the edge of the towel under each one and pull up. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 I wrap the Gibson cloth I have that I use for spot cleaning to take the knobs off. I wrap it around the entire knob then slide it underneath the knob all the way around it so the cloth grabs the knob from its bottom completely. You can then lift it uniformly from the pot it is seated on. This way works great and you never crack your knobs - unless you have superglued knobs I suppose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffydd3 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Stewmac sells a tool for a few dollars for removing knobs. It works quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NighthawkChris Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 This is exactly what I was saying to do. I think the video is better reply though as I explained it a little poorly. But this technique works great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 The video is great but mine are push pull pots.........I am afraid it will jerk the whole mechanism out of the pot!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american cheez Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 replace the knobs with wheels from a toy car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 The video is great but mine are push pull pots.........I am afraid it will jerk the whole mechanism out of the pot!! I have a nighthawk or 2 and these have a push-pull pot also. Take the post all the way up, wrap the cloth around the whole knob as shown in the video and then pull it off assertively. If you can’t do this all you can do is find someone else who can or leave it alone. Best wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtim Posted January 21, 2019 Author Share Posted January 21, 2019 Ok next time if I get in the mood to change or try to do it I will try that. One is slightly cracked is the only reason I want to remove them anyways. It is not that it is broken in half or anything, just the center of the knob has a split in the top of it. I have a nighthawk or 2 and these have a push-pull pot also. Take the post all the way up, wrap the cloth around the whole knob as shown in the video and then pull it off assertively. If you can't do this all you can do is find someone else who can or leave it alone. Best wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NighthawkChris Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Ok next time if I get in the mood to change or try to do it I will try that. One is slightly cracked is the only reason I want to remove them anyways. It is not that it is broken in half or anything, just the center of the knob has a split in the top of it. Yeah, you should always be careful when doing this. I'd rather break a plastic knob than the pot. Even if the pot takes a dive (yank the shaft out of the housing), not the end of the world. I've re-wired many guitars and such - very simple circuits and minimal soldering skills required. Just make sure that you are uniformly distributing the force on the knob being removed, and that's the best you can do without some "tricky" techniques. But my guess is that the knob is held on very well - yes - but the force holding the pot's shaft in is much more than the forces holding on to the knob - unless of course it's super-glued, haha! Just messing around! Best of luck of course and hope that you have no issues whatsoever - and you get some killer looking knobs on your axe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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