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Epoxy. Turns out the pickup does have a bad winding. Contacted Lindy Fralin and Tom Brantly. Neither can/will rewind it. Told my customer to find another one on ebay or reverb. Yeah, working through an f-hole is fun. Had the tap switch out and the bridge volume out. I've done it many times. I even have a plywood template made up to wire most of it outside the body. What fun it is.

Hi all. I'm looking for a Gibson wiring diagram for a 1979 Gibson ES-335 TD with the factory coil tap. The bridge pickup only works with the coil tap "on". I'm pretty sure at this point it's a bad pickup (although kind of rare) but I'd like to see a wiring diagram in case I'm missing something. I'm really trying to avoid pulling it all out of the guitar to see how it's wired. If you're thinking it's the coil tap switch, I've already pulled it out and it's working properly, depending on what's wired to it. Anybody know what pickups these are supposed to be? Nickel covers, the underside is epoxy filled. Two braded wires, one I assume is the two windings, the other the tap. Thanks for any help.

New here, my name is Jim. I own a guitar repair shop in New Jersey. What brings me here is I need a little help with Gibson guitars from time to time. I'm a Luthier, not a collector or expert on Gibson guitars. I only own one Gibson, a 1969 Southern Jumbo.