I'm a little bit confused. All the pots in that bass are from week 37 in 1982! So the bass is 10 years older than your estimate! What headstock does it have ? What are the two starting letters of the serial number?
Also, what's happening here: A pot with only a middle connection ? Where is the second connection ? Or is that left lug connected with tons of solder to ground ? Also that middle connection of the hot wire looks wild!
Ralf
Hello again.
Plenty of nice info - we all are more or less "nosy" here - not in a bad way - but isn't it nicer to talk to someone you know a little about. Others know me, so I just tell you that I used to live in Bloomington MN - used to work at James Berns Music Store @8417 Pillsbury Ave S - three years. Then back home.
I am 68 - retired - roadie - FOH-engineer - repair tape recorders - used to work at Willi Studer in Switzerland - maker of finest reel-to-reel-recorders on earth - I play mostly fingerstyle.
Back to your problem - looking at the picture of cavity - I see no tone capacitor - has it been removed? Does the tone-pot have any effect?
The sound on this bass has always baffled me. A tech told me a long time ago that the guitar was wired incorrectly. If I turn the bridge pickup all the way down, it acts like an off switch. Back then I was playing in a band where tone really didn't matter, and if it did, I'd just do the changes on the amp. I usually just had everything on the bass up all the way. But I believe the tone dial makes no difference. I don't know if someone took the tone capacitor off, or it was never there in the first place. I agree with you, it is nice to know something about the people you are talking to. How are things in Finland?
The first two letters of the serial number are BE. Is it possible Guild used old pots on the new bass?
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