tomassi

Ok thanks, I'll try that tonight.

I'm a bit worried that there's something wrong with my wiring that could be damaging the pickups - it's a bit buzzy as well so I need to check that it's earthed properly. Could I have blown something?

Hi, yes fair point. I've changed the string now though and it's made no difference. There's just not much volume from the top end of the pickup - if you tap a couple of nails together above it then the same things happen - they're way quieter there than further down the pickup.

What now then - replace the tone pot?

Hi, no the strings are all from the same set of Ernie Balls.

Oh and just to be clear, it's not the pickup height (I've played with that), and it's not a slight problem - you really have to twang the string to get anything out of it all (through that particular pickup, like I say it's fine through the neck pickup).

Cheers

Hi guys,

I've muddled through fitting pickups in the past and always got away with it. But this time I'm really stumped and need some help. I hope someone can come to my rescue.

A few months I fitted a cheap (£30) 'hot rail' bridge humbucker to my '72 Custom Tele.

But a few weeks or so later I noticed that the high E string wasn't coming through the bridge pickup properly. The string wasn't choking, and it was coming fine through the neck pickup.

I thought it must be the cheap bridge pickup, so I forked out for a DiMarzio and have now just fitted that. I also replaced the volume pot.

But exactly the same thing is happening -- 5/6 strings come through fine, but the high E is really muted.

If it's not the pickup, it's not the string, and it's not the volume pot, what does this leave? The tone pot I guess.

Or is there something else at play that I don't know about?

I'm tearing my hair out on this, please help!