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That price really isn't out of line for a 70's Matsumoku... They're known for manufacturing very high quality guitars, and are considered quite collectible in their own right. Their "lawsuit era" Gibson copies sell in the same price range. They may be copies, but they rival the originals in quality ...

Yeah, I really like the added growl! I had no idea what I was missing, by playing with both pickups at full volume all this time... Which is standard operating procedure with my jazz bass, mostly for noise cancellation... I still do it, even though I have dual coil Bartolinis in it now... Old habits ...

Ok John... it turned out that the pickup coil had more than one break in it... I unwound it to the first break, and soldered the coil wire back onto the lead, but it was still giving the same reading... It was only under a magnifying glass, that you could see the tiniest bit of wire sticking out ...

Ok, I'll keep going, then... I was starting to think the resistance would be down to 5k Ohms by the time I got to the bad spot... I think the last time I got a good reading off the bridge pickup, it was 12k.. The neck is a solid 11.5k.

Thanks for all your advice, and your offer to take a look at ...

Well, I went ahead and started unwinding... Unfortunately, the messed up bit of wire isn't very close to the end of the coil... I'm afraid I'll have to take off too many windings to get to it... I guess I'm back to having it re-wound.

G string's ringing voice
Sings out like breaking sunrise
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It sounds easy enough, sure... It's just the thought of handling that baby-fine wire that's daunting... But I really don't have anything to lose, the pickup's already messed up... I doubt I could mess it up more than it already is, and even if I do, I can always send it off to Lindy...

The real ...

I actually left a message for Lindy's re-wind guy yesterday morning, before I got the bass back, thinking the pickup would have to be completely re-wound. But it looks like it could be unwound just a little, and re-attached to the lead.

Well, there was a bit of wire that had come loose from the winding... You could see part of it sticking out from under the electrical tape. It was practically invisible... You had to hold it to the light at just the right angle to see it. I carefully unwrapped the electrical tape to get a better ...

Well, I just got off the phone w/ him, and he says it's the pickup itself that's gone bad... Not the news I was hoping to hear. Now my options are either; having the pickup re-wound, or replacing it completely.

Yeah, it's the .047 that's the problem for sure. I took the bass to a tech, just to be on the safe side... Let him sort it out.

Should have it back by Monday.

Ed it looks like - 'gee I know I did this before once or twice' or 'maybe if i start this run with the pinky I could end up with the thumb over the top...' cool shot sweet blue 4003 - Is that a surround on the bridge pickup?

Rich, great B&Ws give 'the' feel!!

Mark - I like the ghost released from ...

Yes, I knew which one you were talking about by its location... I just got the values mixed up... Well, it reads open with the push/pull switch pulled up, but pushed down, it reads .646 (???). Not sure why the position of the push/pull should make a difference. I also noticed that the output of the ...

Thanks, John... I didn't see any wires touching anything they shouldn't the last time I checked... Looked like a very neat, solid, wiring job... I'll check the cap, though I do agree it seems unlikely that the cap would go south so soon, but it's an imperfect world... screws fall out, caps go bad ...

I just checked the resistance of the pickups on my 4003, and got a meter reading on the bridge pickup that baffled me. The neck pup checks out at 11.5K ohms, but the bridge pickup reads as 154.8 (155.4 with the tone circuit activated) I've never seen a reading like that come up before in my life ...