The Senator v1.0
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Off board wiring
You can either mount the potentiometers directly to the PCB with special potentiometers or use the
more traditional solderlug potentiometers.
Potentiometers non PCB mounted
In the pictures below you see the correct pin numbering of the pots (Alpha 16mm style).
Solder the wires accordingly and it is always a good idea to twist the wires together to create some
extra shielding against external noise. The rectangle pad marks the pad for
pin 1
.
You can break off the pin I marked with the yellow circle with a small pair of pliers.
The wiring for the switches is the same, marking position 1 with a rectangle pad.
Potentiometers PCB mounted
Start by mounting the potentiometers to the PCB (bottom side), but do not solder them yet! Make
sure you removed the pin with a small pair of pliers and that you screwed off the nuts. Also check if
the component leads on the bottom side are cut as short as possible so they will not stick out too
much. While holding the PCB move it in the enclosure like this:
Now rotate the PCB and attach all nuts to the potentiometers and tighten them. If all fits well, solder
the pots to the PCB, else adjust where needed. Make sure the bottom of the pots do not contact the
PCB in any way as this might result in short circuit or other strange behavior! You can use the
standard plastic caps that you can buy for the alpha pots, or tape the PCB under the pots of with
some duct tape.
Gain Treble Mid
Bass Level Boost
3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1
3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1
