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  1. 03-20-2008, 11:02 AM #1
    deepblue1963
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    No load pot

    Guys...
    My Malmsteen Strat comes with a "No load" pot for the bridge pup tone knob.
    What in everyday language does that mean?
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  2. 03-20-2008, 11:17 AM #2
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    Re: No load pot

    it will be slightly brighter with the knob 'maxed' (there is a detent)
    This 'by passes' the potentiometer
    do I look like I know what I'm doing?
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  3. 03-20-2008, 12:29 PM #3
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    Re: No load pot

    rudutch...
    Thank you, Im glad someone can put it into English for me! lol
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  4. 03-20-2008, 12:37 PM #4
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    Re: No load pot

    vous etes bienvenu
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    Re: No load pot

    No-load pots rule. Hit the detent and hear your pup come to life!
    "No harmonic knowledge, no sense of time, a ghastly tone, unskilled vibrato, and so on. Chuck is one of the worst guitar players I know" -Gravity Jim
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  6. 03-20-2008, 03:41 PM #6
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    Re: No load pot

    I like these better since they don't have that damned clicking detent:

    http://www.mojomusicalsupply.com/ite...962&id=2112367
    Tone is in the fingers, eh? Let's hear your Vox, Marshall and Fender fingerings then...
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  7. 03-24-2008, 08:09 PM #7
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    Re: No load pot

    Rolling your own isn't too difficult, either.

    http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/pots.htm
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