I have an 06 Am Deluxe Ash Strat w/ SCN and the sound has recently dropped out. My tone has dissappeared. I used to love the sound I got out of my neck pu but now the lows are distorted and the overall sound the guitar is not even close to the normal sound. I realize that something is wrong I just don't know what it is. Can anyone help me out?

You have to check under the pick gard : wiring or solders, guitar output jack

You have loose your tone on ALL the pickups ? In any switch position ?

Stupid questions : Your guitar wire to the amp is good ? Sure ?
Your amp is good ?

Your guitar is original, nothing modified before ? Pickups, pots. Somebody work inside ? You buy it new or used.

If you can't find anything wrong and you remove the pickgard, send us few pictures of the electronic

I hope it's just a wiring fault - maybe a wire under stress, or solder joint gone bad on the switch or on the pot.

If it's a pickup fault, you could be in trouble. I know from experience that SCN picups can't be repaired, as they are sealed units.

Good luck with it..

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S1 switch gone bad????

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No no and no

If the overall sound of the guitar is affected, chances are you have a a 'tired' or dirty volume pot or a bad connection somewhere (look to the jack first). I'd rule out the pickups as the odds of all three crapping out at the same time are astronomical. I kind of doubt it is the switch too as it would operate intermittently and I didn't read that in your complaint.

Just a foot note: When a guitar has electronically performed perfectly for many years and then something like this happens, always look to the parts which get the most use, stress, collected oxidization and/or are prone to wearing out first.

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