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  • Black Winter Pickups Low Resistance

    Help! My Black Winter pickups are making me nuts! I noticed that the middle pick up STS-S7 was way louder. Checked with a multimeter. Middle pick up resistance was 10.5. Both the Black Winter pickups were at .48! So, I pulled the guitar apart, and un-soldered the connections. When I test the resistance, the neck was near 13 and the bridge was near 16 - right where it is supposed to be! However, when I solder the connections to the 5 way switch and the earth/ground on the back of the volume pot, they drop to .48. WTH?! Anyone have any ideas? I'm fresh out.

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    OK, don't panic. Maybe take some clear pics of your wiring and we can sort it out. It doesn't seem like there is a problem with the pickups, but with how they are wired. We can usually sort this stuff out and get you back to rockin' in no time.
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    • #3
      Sounds like something is jumpered wrong with the switch and you've got an open circuit somewhere.

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      • #4
        UPDATE: I found my issue. I had taped off the red and white wires on the pickups but I did not solder them together. I soldered them and that fixed the issue. My new pickups now all sound AWESOME! Thanks to everyone for your feedback and suggestions!

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Childeric View Post
          UPDATE: I found my issue. I had taped off the red and white wires on the pickups but I did not solder them together. I soldered them and that fixed the issue. My new pickups now all sound AWESOME! Thanks to everyone for your feedback and suggestions!
          Awesome! It is always a great feeling to diagnose and fix a problem on your own, and get a very cool set of pickups at the same time!
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