Darx Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 Hey guys! First time i find this place and i have a problem I've recently been doing up a telecaster replica (it was in pretty bad shape when i salvaged it so im not sure who originally made it) ive done a pretty good job so far i think, but my wiring seems to be letting it down! The guitar worked before i stripped it down, but now i have come to wire it back up i seem to have some problems. Basically, when i plug in the beast, i get the usual faint hum and when i touch the bridge and strings i get that slight click (its a problem ill address later) i take it to mean that some form of signal is actually reaching the amp, but play anything on it and nothing comes through the amp Ive been using this schematic: http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schem...andard_tele.jpg I considered that i had wired something up wrong or something, so i took it all apart and wired it up again i did that twice, but everytime i get the same problem! The hum, but no signal from the pickups! I threw in the multimeter to check that the pickups are actually working, and indeed a voltage is induced in the pickups :S Im at a loss to see what has gone wrong! Any tips or advice would be hugely appreciated! thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Pa Ti Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 a picture of the wiring would be nice if you have a camera, i cant really guess what the problem is, if you have wired it up exactely like the SD diagram it should work... to hazard a guess because it makes noise when you touch the bridge but not when you play anything it seems like the pickup ground is not connected up right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted July 28, 2007 Report Share Posted July 28, 2007 A useful check is to set a multimeter to resistance, and measure the resistance across a guitar cord plgged into the output jack, at all three switch settings at full volume. If its OK, you should read just less than the resistance of the pups at positions 1 and 3, and half that in position 2. eg, say 6k and 3k, for 6k pups J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darx Posted July 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 (edited) samba - sorry i dont have a camera ill try find one from a mate though johnh - brilliant tip, and its uncovered one problem... i measured the resistance accross the bridge pup and it read 6.12k pretty much as anticipated, but reading the resistance accross the neck pup gave no reading at all :S so i quickly unsoldered the pup to see if it was the connections in the circuit but the pup still gave no resistance reading! (bearing in mind these are extremely cheap tele replica pups) even then though, even if one pup is faulty, surely i should have been getting a signal from the other pup? The resistance across the cable came out at 6.12k, its starting to really baffle me now! Edited July 29, 2007 by Darx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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