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I think my pick up just died! HELP!


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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)

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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)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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