EpiXplorah Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 hey whats up guys this is my first post just joined the board today. I joined the board because I own a Epiphone explorer and have some questions about it. I appear to be having a particular issue with the wiring and was wondering if this issue just pertains to Epiphone explorer's or to gibson's as well. If you own one or both and Epi and Gibson try this out and see if you too have the same problem... If you have all the volume and tone controls on 10 and have the neck pickup selected and the distortion channel of your amp on (makes the bleed more pronounced) turn the neck volume down to zero.. does your bridge pickup even though not selected bleed through to the amp? This also works when you have the bridge selected and turn that volume down if the neck volume is on it will bleed through as well. Both volumes need to be at zero or else you will experience annoying signal bleed through one of the pickups! I had a korina explorer that had a set of dimarzio's installed professionally that did the same thing. this particular guitar happens to be a epi goth I picked up for $200 and threw a spare set of emg's in. I suspect the problem is with the toggle switch and I have a new switchcraft 3 way toggle on the way in the hopes of eliminating this problem for good. so if you can test out your guitars and get back to me that would be greatly appreciated I will probably post this in the gibson and epiphone sections as well in the hopes to get as much feedback as possible thank you Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Hi and welcome... The general concensus is that Epi's are great VFM And often benefit from electrical upgrades...more or less depending on model and issues therewith Somebody here may have experienced a particular issue/solution And may well share for the benefit of mankind Good Luck !! V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Universal Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 Id says the switch or pot I am leaning more to the pots id presume your pots are worn and coupling with the pot casing. Id says its time to troubleshoot with a continuity tester. The switch too could also be the culprit check to see if its mechanical operation is working correctly and that the contacts have not corroded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpiXplorah Posted October 8, 2011 Author Share Posted October 8, 2011 Hey guys thanks for the replies. I have all new wire and pots and a switch coming in this week so i am going to completely rewire the entyre guitar and hope that solves the problem.. if not i suppose i i will just wire it as 1 volume 1. Tone to eliminate the issue.. two explorers ive owned had this problem so im thinking its not just my guitar that has this problem so if u own one can somebody please try to replicate my problem.. I really enjoy these guitars and it plays fantastic so any help to have it work better would be excellent Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 may need to isolate/shield your p'ups as well and welcome to the forum!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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