slidincharlie

I am looking for a neck Guild "mini-humbucker" pickup for my '66 Starfire.

It's the two-screw type used through the Sixties, a little smaller than the later full-size hb.

I don't care if the mounting hardware (ring, screws, springs) is missing: I need only a perfectly working neck pickup.

E-mail me: carlopip_at_tiscali_dot_it

--Carlo

I've found that the neck pickup has got something wrong: it reads 0.L (open?) on my DMM.

It sounds apparently normal (maybe brighter than expected, but not weak); could this apparent internal problem be the cause of the odd behaviour of tone pot describd above?

--Carlo

If it is wired the exactly as per the diagram I would try bypassing the master volume by putting a jumper wire across the lugs to see if that makes any difference. You want one with an alligator clip either end.

I jumpered the two non-grounded lugs of the master pot, but I could not bypass it! The master works normally even with the two lugs shorted...

What's wrong?

--Carlo

Why the need for the master volume?

Because I always like to deal with only one volume knob in my guitars. Thus, either I keep the stock master, or I wire my guitar durectly with one volume and two tones.

--Carlo

Hi,

I'm new here.

I'm not a guitar builder, but I like to do small jobs (wiring, general setup, etc.) in my guitars...

I have a problem with the neck tone pot in my guitar that is driving me crazy . Hope someone can help me.

The guitar:

my '66 Guild Starfire V, wired with the hot lead from the pickups going to the center lug of the volume pots, like stock. Link to the schematic

The problem:

the sound of the neck pup gets thinner and weaker (instead of getting darker) when I roll off the neck tone pot. This happens now with a new 300k tone pot as it happened with the old (500k?) pot.

This does not happen with the bridge pup.

The neck and the bridge pup/pots assemblies are identical.

The tone cap is a .022 orange drop.

The neck volume pot works beautifully.

I have tried a different wiring and two or three different caps to no avail.

An update:

the neck tone works normally when both pups are engaged. It works oddly as described only when the neck pickup alone is engaged... :-/