Little Output on Neck PU - 650 Dakota

[edski]

I'm transitioning back to guitar after a few years playing bass. For the moment, it's going to be all acoustic while I toughen my fingers up again, and get my singing voice back into shape. But I see electric coming back into the future.

My last days playing 6 sting I was having an issue with breaking strings on the Dakota - probably a couple bad sets of strings, but I stupidly put on 11 or 12's and then didn't touch the 650 for the few years. well I did a few times, enough to know that the strings choice was a mistake. I put 9 1/2's on, and it feels great.

Today I finally got the motivation to fire up the old, noisy Peavy Triumph and see what I got out of the old tubes. Yes, some noise, really needs a re-tubing, and I'll get to it. But I was surprised to have very little output from the neck PU.

By itself, the neck PU volume control has effect - cut out all the way the PU is dead like it should be. But the tone seems to increase the volume, and when the tone and volume are maxed the PU volume is about 1/10 of the bridge PU volume. Real weak...

Not sure what could have gone wrong sitting in a case for 3 years. Any suggestions would be helpful, maybe the best suggestion would be a trustworthy Rick tech in the Tampa FL area.

Thanks!

BTW - the treble PU and controls work just fine....

[doctorwho]

Ed, this should actually be posted under the Vibrola section where the luthiers and other gurus will see it.

[edski]

Thanks Gary - just did...