OhioKid Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 I have had my sg classic for about 6 months, and I think the bridge pickup just died. I was playing today and now all of a sudden I can barely hear it. The neck pick up works fine, its just that I can barely hear the neck one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Check all the knobs are up and move the toggle around then check it again. It is rare a pickup itself just fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Beach Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Sounds like the hot wire of the pickup came unsoldered, but like blackie said it's odd that the pickup itself fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 It's much more likely that the selector switch somehow failed. The selector switch seems to be the most common part to fail. Luckily, it's also pretty much the cheapest and easiest to fix. If you don't feel comfortable working on it yourself, take it to a good tech. It shouldn't be very expensive at all to fix. (That is, of course, if the problem is the switch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 It's much more likely that the selector switch somehow failed. The selector switch seems to be the most common part to fail. Luckily, it's also pretty much the cheapest and easiest to fix. If you don't feel comfortable working on it yourself, take it to a good tech. It shouldn't be very expensive at all to fix. (That is, of course, if the problem is the switch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 did you buy it new? did you register it? Then it should be under warrantee. Find the nearest Gibson warranty guitar tech and get it fixed. It's probably a problem with the switch, or a loose connection. If you got it used, just take it to your usual tech. If you don't have one, get one. Sure you can set up and fix your guitar yourself, but a good tech will have years/decades of experience and skill and will almost certainly do a cleaner/better job, and a lot quicker too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioKid Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 Good news, I checked to see if anything was loose in the guitar, and now it is working fine. Could there be something wrong with the wiring? Anyone know of anyways to avoid this? Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 What did you do to "check"? Did you pull on any of the wires? It definitely sounds like an issue with the wiring. Checking the wire continuity is the only way to be sure you don't have a short or bad solder joint somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Most likely an uncooperative selector. They have their little moods like that ya know..... You've already received all the advice I would have given, except one thing. Make sure it gets replaced with a GOOD switch if you have to do a swap. OEM Gibson. Not sure who makes 'em. SwitchCraft maybe? Don't buy a cheap one, you'll regret it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yew Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Ive had a play with one of those switches, they are pretty tempermental, might have been some dust/sawdust or somthing just messing up the contact, and it took a few shakes of the switch to shake it out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech21 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Take it apart to get at the insides of all the cavities, blow out all the dust from the them, check the switch for trapped bits in the leaves (assuming an open SwitchCraft type switch, not sure if they are fitting sealed switches to later Gibsons or not) and give it a very light squirt of DeoxIT (only spray the pots if you really believe they need it), and it goes without saying, never use WD40 on guitars or amps. Check for Dry Joints on the pots, switch and jack, if you don't feel confident doing this or feel uncomfortable with a soldering iron in the control cavity then take it to a good repair shop to be checked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumrnmuzik Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Once I found my 3 way switch had been twisted during assembly and gave intermittent problems. I loosened it and straightened it out. Now it's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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