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Post subject: I"m having a problem with my Nashville Power Tele
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:25 pm
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I'm hoping someone here can help me with. I was playing my Tele through a friends amp at his house and during a song I noticed that the guitar's volume had dropped considerably. At first I just figured I had hit the Volume by mistake but I hadn't. So our next thought was maybe the amp was going so we plugged in another guitar and it sounded fine. Same cord by the way, so my bud says maybe it's the battery since it has a Fishman in the bridge. Well I'm thinking that can't be it since #1 I have the Fishman dialed to zero and #2 that shouldn't effect the magnetic pick ups. Put in new battery, but the problem is there, guitar seems to start off fine and then drops volume after 1/2 hour or so. I never went back to the guitar I played on another through the amp and cord, so that proves it wasn't the amp or cord. But hence my problem, can the Fishman effect that guitar even with a new battery and being dialed back all the way? And remember it's not cutting totally out just back in volume. :(


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Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:04 am
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Hi Roger L. Someone cleverer than me is going to have to help you with the Fishman side of this thing. But supposing that has nothing to do with it we could consider some other possibilities.

Progressive output loss suggests a partial short circuit. We need more info: does the volume cut come on suddenly or gradually over time? Does the cycle reoccur each time you put the guitar down and then start playing it again? Or once it has arrived is it there for keeps? Is it on both pickups or just one?

Where I'm going is I was just reading in a magazine Q&A about a problem with a Tyler guitar where the selector switch was too close to the shielding and sometimes made near contact causing a partial short and reduction in output.

A single loose strand from a hookup wire touching something it shouldn't can give the same effect. The question is what circumstances bring that on: slight movement of a pickup or knob or switch or plate, perhaps? Or the bridge warming up under your hand as you play, maybe? Of course, if the problem is only with one pickup then it becomes a lot simpler.

No clear answer, but several things to think about...

Cheers - C


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Post subject: Thanks for your suggestion
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:56 am
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Happily I can report it turned out to be a bad battery. So while I thought I was replacing the battery, it turns out it was no good either. I went to my buddies place after replacing the battery and this baby never missed a lick. Some others on another forum suggested some other likely hoods but it was thankfully not an issue.


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Post subject: I should mention a surprise
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:00 am
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I was surprised that I only got one suggestion here as to what the problem was, I thought, being a Fender I should take it to the factory folks, so to speak. I figured most people here play a Fender or own a Fender and then would have had more ideas. Well I guess I was wrong, who would have thought :shock:


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