Gretsch G2622T CTS pots upgrade

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Gretsch G2622T CTS pots upgrade

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Жыл бұрын

I was doing some cosmetic updates on my Gretsch G2622T. I added nickel knobs and a nickel switch tip. When I pulled off the knob on the tone potentiometer, the control shaft pulled free of the wiper arm. I ordered some CTS 500k audio taper pots and a 0.022 uf tone capacitors. This video chronicles the difficulty of replacing electronics on a Streamliner Center Block guitar.

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@ErikVaughnPohovich Жыл бұрын

Awesome job! I just bought a G2655T and the cable jack is loose. That's when I realized there were no access plates. 😅 Just seeing the guitar apart was a huge bonus. Thanks for the video!

@SuperDaddyKill Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@hamiltonrobert488 3 ай бұрын

Thanks man! You gave me confidence to fix my pot for the bridge pickup knob. Seems like there’s a power drop on that pot so I meed to get a new one! Thanks anyway!! Cheers bro

@eduardofernandez2697 8 ай бұрын

Came here looking for tips cause mine has the old buzz of death and I'm going crazy trying to figure out what's the cause. Great video man! Thanks for showing us how to operate on this beast!

@granpatomic7775 Жыл бұрын

I own the same guitar and it sounded a little bit to muddy in my opinion. I was thinking about changing the pick ups. But then I read about the following pick up mod: just remove the e a and d pole pieces closest to the bridge and the g b and e closest to the neck on both pickups. Made my guitar sound a little bit brighter and less muddy.

@SuperDaddyKill Жыл бұрын

That is a really great tip! I have grown to love the BroadTron BT-2S sound. I play a lot of heavy music through some bright amps (Vox AC15 and Fender Champion 100), and these pickups really growl for me. Awesome tip though. Thank you for sharing that with me.

@jeffkercheval4010 8 ай бұрын

Quick suggestion. If you do another guitar and have to enlarge pot shaft size, use a tapered reamer. They are manual, inexpensive and you won't get that chip-out.

@jonathanhughes9281 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, well done and thanks Scott. Just got one of these, the pots are dire so was thinking of changing them but how. CTS mini pots then. 👍

@kurthammond6977 4 ай бұрын

That is a bear of a job! I've also encountered that problem of larger diameter stems. Try a reamer or a round file instead of a drill bit. Less chipping.

@frikadasvarias Жыл бұрын

I´m thinking bout buying this guitar, but I don´t like the original black knobs. I like what you´ve done, changing them to silver. I think I´ll do the same If I finally get it. By the way, much work to change pots. I won´t do it, but you did it quite well. Congrats!

@stoneyblues 5 ай бұрын

If you're a guitar player that really uses the volume and tone controls to control his tone rather than pedals you made a substantial upgrade to the mini Alphas that are in these guitars. Might have noticed a bit more with the overly large mustard cap you ended up with. I am about to do the same upgrades as you did as well as some hardware modification. Not sure about maybe a pickup swap but I like what came stock in it.. Good video and gut shots of what there is to work with inside there.

@joerotorhead 4 ай бұрын

Next time use a step drill bit….👍

@thehighway2023 8 ай бұрын

I would have used a reamer instead of trying to drill the holes out. When I upgrade the pots on my 2420T I'll let ya know how it worked!

@neisilla852 Жыл бұрын

I bought that same guitar this year, and I love it. However, something that always bug me are the pots, for some reason they go from 0 to 100, so I don't have so much control, they kind of work more like a switch 😅😢😅 did you experience any of this with your previous pots? I still have warranty, so I'm not sure if I should bring it back to the store for them to fix it, or if this rather counts as an upgrade

@jaydeluco4006 Жыл бұрын

I saw one of these guitars at my local shop last night and thought it was great, but I was wondering how you would do this type of repair or replacement. Thanks for posting! I'll not be purchasing this guitar 😁

@SuperDaddyKill Жыл бұрын

Yeah, working on any sort of semi hollow guitar can be very challenging. Stick to solid body guitars until you are more comfortable with these sort of upgrades and modifications. I've worked on and modded guitars for over 20 years, and just this year was the first time I've done anything with semi hollows. Good luck in your guitar search my friend.

@TSB210 Жыл бұрын

so how did you get your bigsby arm to rotate around? mine has a stop on it. Can't find a replacement for the imported bigsby that comes stock on the G2622t. Don't want to grind it down unless I have to.

@mrshiney2 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think the original pots are fine unless the tolerance is way off, and that is possible. But their construction is cheap and the taper can be wonky. If you wan to change the sound of the guitar ya gotta put in different pick ups. You can also do the "hot rod" wiring, by passing the individual volume and tone direct to the master. That should change tone also

@SuperDaddyKill Жыл бұрын

While none of your statements are technically incorrect, the purpose of this repair was laid out in the first few seconds. It was to replace a physically broken potentiometer. This video does not provide advice or techniques for changing the guitar’s tone. This is a repair video which utilizes upgraded (in relation to the parts being replaced), industry standard components.

@mrshiney2 Жыл бұрын

@@SuperDaddyKill Yeah I get that, I wasn't picking on you. I am going to swap out PU on a 2420 and change out the master volume. I appreciate your video and will use your string idea for sure

@SuperDaddyKill Жыл бұрын

@@mrshiney2 Sounds like an interesting project. Did you already choose what pickups you're going to use? I was going to put some TV Jones classics in my Gretsch, but I accidentally fell in love with the BT-2S's that it came with. I love the middle position on them, and the bridge is wound hot enough that it can decently shred. I hope you have time to record some of your project or at least some tones afterward. I would love to hear a demo through your Fargen Custom Shop head.

@mrshiney2 Жыл бұрын

@@SuperDaddyKill Its a whole new genre for , steppin into rockabilly. Bought the guitar from a friend with a Gretch hard case and a wilkenson roller bridge. The build of the guitar is really great, can not find a flaw. Going to put in some Guitar Fetish GF Trons a TV copy, really looking for that Rockabilly tone. I will post some clips for sure. I have a 1965 Fender Bamdmaster head that I will probably go through. But the Fargen Plexi is a delight. Ben Fargen actually worked on my bandmaster, he made the normal channel more tweed so 2 nice sounds from the amp. I have one of Bens 5 watt tweed jobs, I put it into my parents old 1945 hifi cabinet, check it out. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pr9zgKdnxK2XYI0.html&ab_channel=mrshiney2

@baramundi__88__ Жыл бұрын

good video , bought one used and later found out hat I need to change all pots , never buying cheap pis again

@bueller8278 5 ай бұрын

did u happen to draw a schematic for this guitar? I'm switching out the pickups in mine and having a heck of a time finding one😊

@SuperDaddyKill 5 ай бұрын

I’m pretty sure I have the schematic somewhere. I’ll upload it if I can find it.

@SuperDaddyKill 5 ай бұрын

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@Charlie_Chicago 6 ай бұрын

I just take mine in a have someone with luthier experience do it for me as if I do it myself I'll end up causing more damage like you did by putting in gigantic pots and chipping your paint.

@SuperDaddyKill 6 ай бұрын

Wow. Cool.

@NedJeffery Жыл бұрын

I have this guitar and was thinking of changing out the pickups and pots. But one thing I wanted to do was have 2 tone pots instead of 1 master tone. Do you think there would be much issue having a pot for neck volume, but skipping the bridge volume? so it would go neck->volume->tone->switch->master, and bridge->tone->switch->master.

@SuperDaddyKill Жыл бұрын

If you are ok with completely redesigning the circuit. I don't think I can offer much advice though. I have never used the tone knob on any of my guitars. I just dime it and adjust tone on the amp, then get darker or brighter by changing pickup selection. Good luck. I'm all for custom wiring projects. Definitely record the process if you decide to undertake it.