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Post subject: Fender Lace Gold bridge pickup on US BG strat problem
Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 12:04 pm
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I have a stock 1998 US Buddy Guy Artist strat with the boost and Fender Lace Gold pickups. The bridge pickup recently practically stopped working. I say practically stopped because it still puts out a sound albeit at extremely reduced volume. Three of the other pickup combinations on the five way switch work fine (neck, neck+middle, middle), the middle+bridge seems to only have the middle pickup working.

I'm an extreme novice in using a multi-meter so if you have any guidance, please be patient with me as I may have many questions. I can solder and fix mechanical things (broken wires, obviously disconnected things, etc.) but measuring and deducing is beyond me.

I took things apart last night and sprayed contact cleaner on the 5 way switch and looked at the solder connections and couldn't see any obvious problems.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!


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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 5:20 pm
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It look like a bad solder or a almost broken wire.

Mesure this pickup with your meter on OHMS X 1 K scale. You should read close to 6 to 7000 ohms

Check with another working pickups


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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:02 am
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Yep, bad solder joint! I heated it up and applied a bit of fresh sloder and it seemed to do the trick!


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