I have a curious problem with my Hofner 176 Galaxy (just like this one http://82.227.101.23/guitares/Hofner_Galaxy_Red_63/Hofner_Galaxy_Red_63.html )and hope someone can through some light on what is going on.
The guitar has three humbuckers each with their own on/off switch and tone pot, a single volume pot and a 'rhythm/solo' switch. All pickups were working fine but I noticed that the neck and bridge pickups were wired incorrectly i.e. the bridge pickup was connected to the neck switch/tone pot and vice versa. Also the pickups were the wrong way round in comparison to various pics on the internet i.e. the poles were towards the bridge whereas in every pic I've seen the poles were towards the neck. So I opened the guitar up, wired the pickups to the correct switches and put the pickups back the right way round. Now all pickups and switches work correctly but the bridge pickup is much much quieter than the other two.
I tried swapping the bridge and neck pickups to figure out whether I had mashed the bridge pickup somehow but when it was wired to the neck switches etc the volume was fine. I then wired the original neck pickup to the bridge switches and the volume was again very low. This would indicate that the pickups are fine and that the problem lies elsewhere but does anyone have any ideas where I should start looking?
I'm trying to figure out a schematic for the electronics and will post it if it might help.
I guess I could take the guitar to a pro to look at but that would be no fun, would it?
Cheers!
Edwin
