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Oops, I killed my neck pickup...
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 7:16 am
by keb
...while futzing around with the electronics (sadly, I knew this day would come sooner or later! Curse my tinkering instinct.) Maybe the coil got overheated and shorted somewhere, but it's dead, dead, dead. I'm not sure I want to bother trying to get it repaired, so I may try something new in its place... either a toaster or a humbucker, can't decide.
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 8:20 am
by jwr2
Check to see if the wires are connected at both ends ... you have a + and a - that has to be wired with a good solid connection at each end ... I had a couple of toasters which had the + connection come loose right in the pickup ... the fix was a quick solder job ...
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 8:14 am
by keb
Now that I've had a little time to sit down and take another look, that's pretty much what it was; the connection between the copper coil wire and the lead wire went bad (not visually detectible.) Quick solder job, problem solved.
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 8:32 pm
by jnbass
another Forum rescue!
Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:31 am
by rickenbrother
Jared said: "another Forum rescue"!...
...I can just see Jeff Rath now...in a Superman costume, but instead of the Superman "S" logo on his chest, it's the Rickenbacker "R" tailpiece.
Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 6:47 am
by jwr2
and that R tailpiece is set up for five strings ...
I went through the same thing when the toaster for my 1968 4001 quit working ... then I fixed it with a simple solder job ...
I'm glad I could help ...