Really frustrated with PEC Pots

[martin manning]

Fender and other manufacturers routinely soldered to the back of their pots.

No need to ask why they went that route... IMO the pot bushing should not be counted on to ground anything except the pot housing.

[hitchcaster]

ive soldered to pec pots fairly easily.... use a Dremel metal brush to scuff them up, and wonder solder works... doesn't have to get crazy hot.... Im sure all of solders won't work tho

[George61]

I solder 14 gage solid wire to a terminal lug and bolt that to the chassis. I bend everything so that it runs parallel to the chassis. The end of the ground buss that is the farthest down the signal is the terminal lug end. I ground everything though the phase inverter to the ground buss in the order that they are in in the signal chain. I have built three amps and they are all very quiet for tube amps.

Solder on,
George

[Paultergeist]

Slightly off-topic, but those are really, nice clean build photos, George.

Is that an in-line fuse off of the PT center-tap to ground I see?

[RJ Guitars]

I solder 14 gage solid wire to a terminal lug and bolt that to the chassis. I bend everything so that it runs parallel to the chassis. The end of the ground buss that is the farthest down the signal is the terminal lug end. I ground everything though the phase inverter to the ground buss in the order that they are in in the signal chain. I have built three amps and they are all very quiet for tube amps.

Solder on,
George

Great technique... nice looking work.

[George61]

Is that an in-line fuse off of the PT center-tap to ground I see?

It's a 0.5A fast-blo HT fuse. I'm not exactly sure why it's there other than it was on the schematic so I put it in.

Of little or no interest: The Marshall clone blows the Trainwreck clone out of the water. I'm working on that.

Solder on,
George

[RJ Guitars]

...Of little or no interest: The Marshall clone blows the Trainwreck clone out of the water. I'm working on that.

Solder on,
George

Great little no interest statement... It would be cool to hear some clips from the starting point and listen for the progress as you work on that. When a Wreck is doing everything right they should be a little Marshally but with added flavors. Maybe a journey worthy of a thread?