Vintage Fender Q

[uk_lefty]

I have spent a short time this morning playing some mid to late 70's Fender p basses. On both the controls were "backwards" i.e. the volume pot worked in the opposite direction to how it works on a modern bass. I assume this is correct as it was on both the basses I tried and that's just how it was back then?  Both sounded lovely and felt incredible.

[Reggaebass]

This doesn’t sound right to me, all my P basses which are up to 72 work clockwise to increase the volume and tone, don’t know why they would work in reverse 

[Reggaebass]

Just had a thought, I was thinking right handed, perhaps it’s right with a lefty 

[pineweasel]

Yes, quite normal for 70s Fenders, they just wired them like the right handlers. They did progress to wiring the pots in reverse by the 90s, but as they are tapered it just made them act like a switch. Finally in 2015 they got round to fitting reverse taper pots.