Stray wire from my new Malmsteen bridge pickup - cause for concern?

[Molly]

Decided to fit a five-way to my new Malmsteen Strat yesterday and noticed this stray wire from the rear pickup. It was 'wound in' so to speak. Rather than have it hanging around I cut it back close to the bobbin. Pickup seems to work OK but I am a bit concerned. Should I be? Should I request a replacement and if so, would that be through SD or Fender do you think? Feel like this is going to be a big hassle if I do whereby I'll have to put the guitar 'off the road' for a few months whilst I send back the pickup and wait for something to happen.

[jeremy]

Re: Stray wire from my new Malmsteen bridge pickup - cause for concern?

welcome to the forum!

if the pup works fine then i wouldnt be too concerned. do you have a multimeter?

[Molly]

Re: Stray wire from my new Malmsteen bridge pickup - cause for concern?

welcome to the forum!

if the pup works fine then i wouldnt be too concerned. do you have a multimeter?

Hi and thanks for the reply and welcome.

Yes. I do have a multimeter but have only ever used it to check continuity. Would appreciate any advice on how I can check the pickup.

Thanks.

[Adieu]

Re: Stray wire from my new Malmsteen bridge pickup - cause for concern?

Hi and thanks for the reply and welcome.

Yes. I do have a multimeter but have only ever used it to check continuity. Would appreciate any advice on how I can check the pickup.

Thanks.

Set to "20k ohms" setting, measure pickup between hot and ground. Youre good if ohms number matches internet spec sheet data +/- 0.2-0.3k or so

Manufacturers dont wire most pickups all that precisely

Then again, if wire got clipped midcoil, you would be expecting to lose signal entirely anyway, or lose one coil in a humbucker/stack, so what youre really checking for is basically for "did they mess up anything else, or just leave stray trash scraps inside only"

[Molly]

Re: Stray wire from my new Malmsteen bridge pickup - cause for concern?

Set to "20k ohms" setting, measure pickup between hot and ground. Youre good if ohms number matches internet spec sheet data +/- 0.2-0.3k or so

Manufacturers dont wire most pickups all that precisely

Then again, if wire got clipped midcoil, you would be expecting to lose signal entirely anyway, or lose one coil in a humbucker/stack, so what youre really checking for is basically for "did they mess up anything else, or just leave stray trash scraps inside only"

Thanks for that. I'll check.

Much appreciated.

[frankfalbo]

Re: Stray wire from my new Malmsteen bridge pickup - cause for concern?

If the pickup works and does not hum like a single coil, then it was likely a wire fragment that simply got trapped under the tape.

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Re: Stray wire from my new Malmsteen bridge pickup - cause for concern?

meanwhile, back at SDHQ; someone is being told to clean their workbench