Volume pot question

Started by rosscocean, May 07, 2010, 10:30:14 AM

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rosscocean

Hi I'm trying to add a input pot to a fuzz pedal. It's working ok but I'd like to know if there's a way of setting a lowest volume point? By this I mean that it won't turn completely down. Is there a way of achieving this?

Cheers
Ross

oliphaunt

Add a resistor (value of your choice, but probably on the low end like 1 to 10K)  between ground and the pot leg going to ground.  This way even with the pot "off" the resitor will still provide some resistance to ground and leave you some signal. 

rosscocean

That sounds so obvious now! Thanks a lot.