I just bought a 2013 Les Paul via private sale. Its immaculate aside from one issue... Which happens to be a fairly large one.
When I pull up the bridge tone and put it in "bypass" mode, it will blow my doors completely off. However, that's the only playable option as of now. When I push the bridge tone back in, there is very little to no sound at all, depending on how loud I have the amp cranked. If I crank it, I do get signal and hear sound, it's just so low that it's not even playable.
I've used DeOxit on all the pots and the 3 way toggle to no avail. Just dont know what it could be. Maybe a grounding issue? But where? And where to start as far as diagnosing the problem? I have a multi meter that measures continuity, just not sure how the procedure goes on a les paul, or a guitar in general.
FWIW, the guitars electronics are all connected to a PCB. I know that this is sacrilege based on what I've read on forums, but if there is a solution that will enable me to get her up and running WITHOUT trashing the PCB and rewiring the whole guitar, I would prefer doing it that way... any and all suggestions/ advice gratefully accepted. Thanks in advance for the time and consideration forum
When I pull up the bridge tone and put it in "bypass" mode, it will blow my doors completely off. However, that's the only playable option as of now. When I push the bridge tone back in, there is very little to no sound at all, depending on how loud I have the amp cranked. If I crank it, I do get signal and hear sound, it's just so low that it's not even playable.
I've used DeOxit on all the pots and the 3 way toggle to no avail. Just dont know what it could be. Maybe a grounding issue? But where? And where to start as far as diagnosing the problem? I have a multi meter that measures continuity, just not sure how the procedure goes on a les paul, or a guitar in general.
FWIW, the guitars electronics are all connected to a PCB. I know that this is sacrilege based on what I've read on forums, but if there is a solution that will enable me to get her up and running WITHOUT trashing the PCB and rewiring the whole guitar, I would prefer doing it that way... any and all suggestions/ advice gratefully accepted. Thanks in advance for the time and consideration forum
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