G&L Metal Control Plate - Vol. Pot goes "clank!"

[Steve_Karl]

Hi there,
Here's an odd annoyance I rediscovered yesterday with my '82 G&L F-100 II.
Doing a volume swell with the volume knob ... when it hits the top (wide open) and stops moving, I can hear it through the output.
It kinda goes "clank". Even if I'm really careful and go slow, every time it hits the top it makes that noise.

I'm wondering if this is the just nature of having the pot mounted on the metal plate
...or...
is it just a crappy old (original from 1982) pot?

If someone can confirm that this is *not* always the case when mounting a pot on a metal plate then I can just replace the pot,
however if it *is* how it is --- with metal plates - - - then I'd like to hear about it.

 

[dmraco]

Not normal.  Get a new pot.  I just screwed this togethrr and I don't have the noise.  The plate is aluminum

 

[mayfly]

What he said.  Not normal.  None of my teles do that - even with extreme wanking on the controls.

get a new pot.  A nice one, perhaps raku?

 

[Steve_Karl]

Not normal.  Get a new pot.  I just screwed this togethrr and I don't have the noise.  The plate is aluminum

Thanks! - Will order one tonight.

 

[Steve_Karl]

What he said.  Not normal.  None of my teles do that - even with extreme wanking on the controls.

get a new pot.  A nice one, perhaps raku?

Thanks for confirming.
Never heard of Raku ... better than CTS?

 

[mayfly]

What he said.  Not normal.  None of my teles do that - even with extreme wanking on the controls.

get a new pot.  A nice one, perhaps raku?

Thanks for confirming.
Never heard of Raku ... better than CTS?

To quote Foghorn Leghorn, "That was a joke, son."

Raku Pot:

 

[Steve_Karl]

LOL ... good one ...
Sorry ... I was not at all familiar with the term  :icon_biggrin: :icon_biggrin: :icon_biggrin:

 

[BigSteve22]

LOL ... good one ...
Sorry ... I was not at all familiar with the term  :icon_biggrin: :icon_biggrin: :icon_biggrin:

Neither was I, until I looked it up. But damned if I wouldn't like to see knobs like that!