Q re: reversed volume control

[Apostata]

Hi everyone,

I'm not an experienced guitarist (insofar as when it comes to anything beyond the actual playing I'm still learning the ins and outs) but I had a question relating to something I saw on another thread, and I thought I'd post it here without diverting the conversation on the other one.

I came to discover that the bridge volume control on my Riviera P93 is reversed (zero is 10 and 10 is zero). I chalked this up to a mistake that might have been made during a repair (I got mine second-hand, so I have no clue). However, I'm wondering whether there is an intentional reason -- either to get a certain tone or something else -- why this was done.

Cheers and thanks in advance for any help.

 

[TheKat]

The volume pots should have a logarithmic taper (eg 500k A), so it matters "which way around" a pot is wired. However, unless this is a pot with a reverse logarithmic taper, the way it works shouldn't be very satisfying.

 

[Apostata]

The volume pots should have a logarithmic taper (eg 500k A), so it matters "which way around" a pot is wired. However, unless this is a pot with a reverse logarithmic taper, the way it works shouldn't be very satisfying.

So...a mistake then?

 

[TheKat]

Yeah. No difference for 0 or 10, but a different way of getting louder in between.

 

[Jam Handy]

Sounds like maybe a left-handed guitar's pot got installed, maybe...

 

[Old Woody]

If you turn the volume pot clockwise and the volume increases then it's working properly and the problem is just a funky knob.