Pickup Problems Help would be great

[jerry47]

I was playing one of my LPs last night when out of the blue It seemed the Bridge pickup was operating a half strength,
When I got home I put a on it meter and cant get a legit reading, It used to read out at 8.3K now all im getting is .518 But like I said it still has sound so its not complexly dead?? Any and all help would be great, Thanks Jerry

 

[Sinster]

Did you take the reading the with pickup still connected to the system?

 

[AnthemBassMan]

First thing to check is if the switch is dirty. Rock it back and forth and maybe spray some cleaner in it. Shoot some cleaner in the volume and tone pots too. If that doesn't fix it, check the output jack connection. Pickups rarely just go bad unless there was some kind of damage to them...

L8R,
Matt

 

[Pwrmac7600]

Happened to me and it turned out to be a bad pot.

 

[darthphineas]

Happened to me and it turned out to be a bad pot.

Do you live in Colorado?

 

[PunkKitty]

Happened to me and it turned out to be a bad pot.

That's my guess. Measure the output of the pickup itself without being attached to a pot. That will tell you if it's a pickup problem or an electronics problem.

 

[jerry47]

Did you take the reading the with pickup still connected to the system?[/QUOTe

I took the reading while still hooked up the the guitar/ pot, I think the .518 is the pot reading?? not sure but ??? Im going to disconnect the pickup and see if the can get a reading, But in saying that Im getting a normal reading from my other pickup so , ??

 

[jerry47]

Do you live in Colorado?

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[jerry47]

That's my guess. Measure the output of the pickup itself without being attached to a pot. That will tell you if it's a pickup problem or an electronics problem.

I'm going to do that right now, I'll fill you guys in on what happens
Thanks

 

[jerry47]

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions, Jerry

 

[jerry47]

Well I disconnected the pickup from the pot, Im getting a screwball reading of 12.69 to 12.80 the pickup normally reads 8.22K , Im going to pull the entire pup to inspect, But I don't know what the hell im doing??

 

[Pwrmac7600]

Do you live in Colorado?

LMAO I wish!

 

[ARandall]

The pickup leads (if there are two of them) are the beginning and end of the coils. If there are 4, typically there will be 2 that either are connected and taped, or they will go to switches for coil tapping or other operations. These will need to be connected for the reading if this is the case.

If you are getting other readings than the right one, and consistently, then it is the pickup itself. There is almost no troubleshooting that can be done, nor can there be any fixing except with a rewind.
If it is a production pickup, its best just to buy a new one. A custom wind can be sent back to the seller to get rewound to original spec.

 

[jerry47]

The pickup leads (if there are two of them) are the beginning and end of the coils. If there are 4, typically there will be 2 that either are connected and taped, or they will go to switches for coil tapping or other operations. These will need to be connected for the reading if this is the case.

If you are getting other readings than the right one, and consistently, then it is the pickup itself. There is almost no troubleshooting that can be done, nor can there be any fixing except with a rewind.
If it is a production pickup, its best just to buy a new one. A custom wind can be sent back to the seller to get rewound to original spec.

Its a single braided wire lead pickup, As I wrote above I did take it out, I took the tape off the outer edges unscrewed the bobbins checked all connections everything looked good so it has to be deeper in one of the windings, Its going for a rewind , I'm just not sure where to take /send it.

 

[ARandall]

What pickup is it??