Thanks again for the help, but I'm still stuck and also need to clarify some.

It was the bridge pickup--a humbucker--not the neck pick-up--a regular pick-up, that was not working. I did use the ohm meter and sure enough the reading was zero between the humbucker bridge and the jack base and obviously the strings and the jack also. When the volume is up and the tone is either off or on and I tap the bridge pickup (non-humbucker) with a screwdriver I can hear it through the amp.

I can also hear the screwdriver tapping on the humbucker "dots" on the pick-up through the amp, but only when the tone is turned up. However, even in this situation when I can hear the screwdriver through the amp, I cannot get the guitar to play through the amp from the humbucker pick-up. Also, the screwdriver is attracted tom the "dots" of the humbucker pick-up, which I assume is normal.

So, I'm really confused why the tone has to be turned up to hear the humbucker tapping, and since I can hear the humbucker tapping when the tone is turned up why no sound from the humbucker through the amp when I play the strings.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.