hi all,can any one help me i own a new epiphone les paul custom white and dont understand the toggle switch very well,i think down is the first pick up on,set in the middle is the bottom pick up and toggle switch up is for both pick ups but when i switch to both pick ups the sound goes quiet and doesn seem to be working right,am i missing something?any help on this wud be much appreciated thanks lee

Up neck
Mid both
Down bridge

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do you have both volume controls turned up to the same level ?

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How many pickups does it have?

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both {bōTH} Adj.
Used to refer to two people or two things, regarded and/or identified together as in:
"both pickups"

Sorry. You kinda left yourself wide open to that one.....

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My bad.

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Les Pauls have two volume knobs. If they are set differently you will experience a drop or increase in volume when selecting pickups. An age old method of having a particular tone tucked away for solos..

Just messin' witcha...

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yes i have both volume controlls up i think it may be a wiring problem

Troubleshooting is always a process of elimination. Once you determine what is working properly you can eliminate that from what is not working properly. Forget the middle position on the switch for the time being. Set the switch down (bridge) and check to see if the knobs for the bridge are working. Check both the tone and the volume knobs one at a time. The two knobs for the bridge pup are the two lower ones. Then switch to just the neck pup and check both of its knobs to see if they function. If all four knobs function for both pups and both pups sound fine then there are a number of things you can rule out as being part of the problem.

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