For those who might have been following this, the problem turned out to be a bad humbucker pick up One of the tiny wires that connected the coils to the lead was broken. They are so tiny I didn't even see them till I used an ohm meter to test the resistance of the pick up, and saw it was the problem so went looking closer at the pick up. Thanks again for all the help--Simon I did use the washer trick when I put it back together.
Can we see a pic of your wiring?
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Also, what wiring diagram are you following? From your posts it sounds like you have a tele with HS pickups. The Pitbull wiring diagrams don't have this arrangement, so you could try comparing your wiring to this guide from the excellent Seymour Duncan library: https://www.seymourduncan.com/wp-con...S_3B_1V_1T.pdf
Also, post some pics of the wiring so we can look for potential issues.
I used the standard TL wiring diagram provided in the instructions plus grounding the bridge--using the washer trick as mentioned. Thanks--originally I thought it might be a wiring issue and with all the pre-wiring plus my novice wiring, but it turned out to be the pick up as mentioned in the last reply. Good to know someone had my back.
Picture of broken wire.
Probably just a broken earth.Originally Posted by Fatman
cheers, Mark.
Yes, that looks broken! Have you fixed it? You said that you've reassembled it.
If not, it's possible to solder another bit of wire between that and the ground wire connection, though it will be very fiddly to do. You'll first need to push the red and black wires all the way back up through the hole in the baseplate, then unsolder the black wire and suck all the solder out of the hole. Then solder a thin bit of wire to the broken coil wire (hardest bit when its so thin). Heat from the soldering iron and solder should burn off the wire's insulation.
Then put the other end through the hole, put the black wire back in the hole as well, then solder it back up. The baseplate will probably be connected to the black ground wire as well, either directly, or via a short wire link, so make sure that's all electrically connected.
Then push the red and black wires back down through the centre hole and you should be OK.
It's the tiny copper one in the upper right side.
This happened to me once on a wiring mod. Try as I might I just could not figure out why the neck pickup sounded so dead until it finally occured to me to test the resistance of the pickup. One of the coils had died.
This happens from time to time, in my case somewhere non-visible.
Now I test the resistance of the pickups before adding them to the wiring harness. Also test the pots, caps, switches, jacks and resistors (if you have them) to make sure they all work right before they go in.
On a different topic, I am thinking Simon should start a thread on 'tips and techniques not widely known.". The knot in the bridge wire, the washer trick, the many uses of veneer... I am sure I can think of more that I have either used already, or plan to in the near future....
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I am thinking that Simon should be on Pitbull's payroll for the amount of time he spends on this board giving advice.
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