some guitar help...

[JPXTom]

You know i have had problems similar and it has been the cord...but obviously if other guitars work then thats not the case. make sure the input jack on ur guitar is good..cause thats been the case before as well.

 

[steveuk]

Hi new here and my first post so I hope I can help, the photo's dont really help as even really iffy contacts can take some close inspection, I did notice that you do not appear to have any sheilding in the "pot"bay,which I would have exected with a gibson, if you are useing the same lead for both guitars then its unlikely to be the lead, the jack socket can often be a problem if is slightly loose,there is a longer contact bar in the socket that makes contact with the signal tip of the jackplug,sometimes the "spring" has gone out of the bar and a gentle bit of bending can tighten up the contact with the jack signal tip,check also your pickup changeover switch by wiggleing it and note if there is any noise when you do this, the same with each of the pots volume and tone, if there is any noise increase or decrease you could try a blast of tandy contact cleaner the same will work on the pickup selector,If none of this helps you are going to have to get to work with a soldering iron and just lightly retouch every soldered joint with the minimum of solder on the iron(low wattage) or check all contacts with a multimeter, try to get some screening foil in your pot bay though and ground it, if you need a cicuit diagram pm me I have most models and pickup wireing codes...good luck

 

[Zaphod B]

Like steveuk said, check the pickup selector switch and exercise all the volume and tone pots. Really dirty pots can get nudged into a position where the moveable arm is just barely making contact because of dirt or oxidation - just sweeping them through their range a few times can often clear them up.

Beyond an iffy output jack, the other possibility is that you have a cold solder joint somewhere.