Adding blending pots

Ron Victoria · Post by **Ron Victoria** » 22 Mar 2004 3:38 pm

I thought all Stringmasters had the blend pot under the string cover but am buying one that doesn't have it. I am mechanical and could mount it but can it be wired in? Thanks, Ron

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 22 Mar 2004 5:13 pm

Hey Ron the very early/first STringmasters did not have a blend pot behind the bridge; but did have the two pickups. They usually had a chrome/metal pickup covers as opposed to black. The blend of the two pickups on these first Stringmasters were either the volume or tone knob..(can't remember off hand) and were long scale. The blend knob behind the bridge came around '56 possibly later '55....
If you have a stringmaster with NO blend knob behind the bridge....>you have a dang good one pal.
Ricky

Ron Victoria · Post by **Ron Victoria** » 22 Mar 2004 6:49 pm

If one knob controls volume and the other tone, how would the pickup balance be controlled?

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 22 Mar 2004 10:52 pm

Ron; the Volume pot is for the volume and the Tone pot has the pickups wired to it and therefore when you adjust the tone pot..then you are balancing the signal between the two pickups for which ever neck(s) you have the switch engaged for.
Ricky

John Bechtel · Post by **John Bechtel** » 22 Mar 2004 11:08 pm

I had a D–8 Stringmaster about 1953 or 54, at the latest. It was the 24½" scale, black p/u's and it had the push-buttons and the (blender) behind each bridge. On yet a second thought, perhaps it may have been '55, but; I don't think any later than that. Rick you're probably very close with late '55. It's really been a little too long for my memory¡
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