Mickster
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Ok...here's the deal. I have an old Bullet Strat that I've always used as my "experimental upgrade DIY" guitar. I replaced the neck with a MIM strat neck and tuners that I liked. Love the neck. Then.....I replaced the pickups with a set of MIM's that I got from Ebay. I tested all 3 and they had the correct resistance and seemed fine so I put them in. I wired them all the same way the old pups were wired. The MIM pups had two with white and black wire and one with yellow and black. I put the yellow and black one in the middle. I ran continuity checks and and all was well. As soon as I put the loaded pick guard back in.....the trouble started. The neck pup wasn't working at all. I removed the assy again and it started working (while out of the guitar) without me doing a thing to it. I put it all back in and it worked fine for a few days. Then the neck pup quit again. As soon as I pulled it out of the guitar it worked again. I re-soldered all connections....tested it again and it was fine. I put it back in the guitar and it worked fine for a day. Then.....the same thing. The neck pickup stopped working. What am I doing wrong here????
Notes: The tone controls work fine.......and the volume control has no issues. I'm thinking it's the 5 way switch (4 positions are fine) but could it actually be the neck pup? I always thought.........they work or they don't. Nothing in between.
Notes: The tone controls work fine.......and the volume control has no issues. I'm thinking it's the 5 way switch (4 positions are fine) but could it actually be the neck pup? I always thought.........they work or they don't. Nothing in between.