'59 and custom custom, what have I done wrong?

[gtfour1154]

Hi,

Just wired up my new guitar but I get no sound at all when I plug it in to the amp (amp tested fine with another guitar).

I'd appreciate some help on what I've done wrong

I'm rubbish at electrics obviously!

Thank you,

Paul

[Martian]

Re: '59 and custom custom, what have I done wrong?

Reverse the ground and hot wires at the 3 way switch.

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: '59 and custom custom, what have I done wrong?

It looks like you have ground and signal out cross-connected on the 3-way switch. Swap those two wires round and try again. You look to have taken both pickups to ground rather than the vol pot.

[CTN]

Re: '59 and custom custom, what have I done wrong?

yeah, you grounded the output of the 3 way switch and sent the ground signal at the 3 way to the input of your volume pot.

[gtfour1154]

Re: '59 and custom custom, what have I done wrong?

Thank you all so much, my beautiful guitar now makes beautiful music (well, to me anyway

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: '59 and custom custom, what have I done wrong?

That's the way we like it round here

[Martian]

Re: '59 and custom custom, what have I done wrong?

Enjoy!!!

[CTN]

Re: '59 and custom custom, what have I done wrong?

That's a nice lookin geetar! Crank out them tunes!