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Secondly, please post photographs of your wiring as it currently stands.
Did you undo any of the wiring, or just transfer the loom to the new pickguard?
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On the regular five-way lever selector switch, this can only happen if the little sprung leaf contacts for the middle pickup's terminal have been squished out of shape.
If you have the modern "roller wheel and ridges" selector switch, it is possible that there is a physical obstruction between the wheel and the switch chassis, forcing the lever blade out of contact with the sprung leaf parts.
I'll get it apart and post pics later.
I changed nothing as far as I was aware, just swapped out the pickguard, keeping everything else in place.
In terms of direction of rotation.
I'll take it apart again later and have a look to see if there is any obstruction in the roller wheel and ridges switch. I've done this already though...
"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
"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
Hmmm.
Does it quack in 2 and 4 ?
I found a wiring diagram that showed a ground wire connecting the pots together. There was none before, but I thought, what have I got to lose? So I soldered two wires between the pots and bingo, it works. Weird because I would have expected to find wires that were there previously in the cavity, but nothing.
Anyway. I'm back to normal and it's great!
EDIT; And now thanks to @Funkfingers suggestion, the found and previously stuck screening plate is re-attached and it's back to how it should be!
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Leave the soldered wire in place, there’s no reason to remove 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
Can we all just pretend I mentioned the grounding plate??
Agreed. IMO, this has to be a physical issue at the selector switch.
On the other hand, anything that could short the Middle Pickup Only terminal to ground should still short it out when the selector switch is in positions 2 and 4.
Some vital piece of information is not conveyed in the opening post. Photographs of the circuit in its non-functioning state would probably have provided a simple explanation.