A few years ago, I built the Denecaster, a strat-shaped thing I bodged up from various bits. The electrics came from a pickguard pre-loaded with a set of Wilkinsons. All I had to do was solder it to the jack (couldn't even get that right, could I, Sporky?)
When I put them in they sounded absolutely fine (Goji, on hearing Tipton Trev play it at the original Beaglefest said "Fookin ell, Den what did you put in that? It sounds amazing!" Actually, Trev sounded amazing, but still...
).
However, when I played it recently after not having played it for about a year or so, for some reason I suddenly get nothing at all from the neck pup. I get the usual sounds from the bridge and middle, but nothing at all from the neck.
Any ideas on why that could be? I've opened it up and none of the connections have sheared/loosened/snapped or anything like that. It all seems to be together as per.
Me no comprende.
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@guitarweasel - ta, I'll try that.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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Give me a slap for being a muppet.
And thanks for that, ICBM, I'll give it a try if the switch cleaner thing doesn't work.
Btw, not done anything to solve the probs yet, other than acquire a tin of switch cleaner, I thought I'd ask before I did owt.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Nothing worked.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Like I said, I probably didn't do any of it properly.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Just put a new one in, got the same problem, still no buzzing,
Rats.
Wonder what the problem is? I have a spare strat-style neck pup that I bought some years ago, but the wiring on this is all twirled together (deliberately, it's not a mess, it's cos it's a complete, pre-wired assembly), so it's really difficult to work out which are the right wires to swap out, so I can do it.
Hey ho, I'll see what I can do.
I wonder what can have gone wrong? it's not like Wilkinson pups to be unreliable, is it?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein