wineandpiss
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So.. I've had my blackouts not even for 2 years and now the god damn bridge pickup stopped working.. I've tried it on 2 of my guitars. No sound. How the hell can that happen??
Blackout bridge pickup dead
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wineandpiss
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Re: Blackout bridge pickup dead
Yep. Changed battery. Tried it on my other esp aswell. The neck pickup works, but not the bridge.. I shouldn't be that upset considering I got the blackouts for free, but it's annoying as hell..Like wtf??
Yep. Changed battery. Tried it on my other esp aswell. The neck pickup works, but not the bridge.. I shouldn't be that upset considering I got the blackouts for free, but it's annoying as hell..Like wtf??
wineandpiss
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Re: Blackout bridge pickup dead
Yeah ill see what i can do.. A used one is like 50 and i got the whole ahb1 set for free anyway. Ill give it a couple of more shots again..
Yeah ill see what i can do.. A used one is like 50 and i got the whole ahb1 set for free anyway. Ill give it a couple of more shots again..
wineandpiss
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Re: Blackout bridge pickup dead
So i checked the pins with my multimeter.. I get signal from the pins, but nothing thru the gtr.. I've tried the pickup in 2 different guitars. Nothing. No signal. But all other pickups work.. ****ed up situation.
So i checked the pins with my multimeter.. I get signal from the pins, but nothing thru the gtr.. I've tried the pickup in 2 different guitars. Nothing. No signal. But all other pickups work.. ****ed up situation.
InbredJunk
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Re: Blackout bridge pickup dead
Did it all of a sudden stop working, or did you pull it out to do something to your guitar and put it back in and it hasn't worked since?
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Did it all of a sudden stop working, or did you pull it out to do something to your guitar and put it back in and it hasn't worked since?
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wineandpiss
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wineandpiss
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Re: Blackout bridge pickup dead
It was working fine until sunday the 21/2 and when i picked up that gtr a couple of days later it was stone dead, while the neck p/u was working..
It was working fine until sunday the 21/2 and when i picked up that gtr a couple of days later it was stone dead, while the neck p/u was working..
InbredJunk
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That sucks. Did you leave it close to a power outlet or anything?
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That sucks. Did you leave it close to a power outlet or anything?
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wineandpiss
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No nothing. It worked fine in the studio. I took it out of the gig bag some days later to play on that gtr and i was like dafakk!? Changed battery tried everything. Dead.. Now i've to put on a damn emg 81 i've here at home as bridge instead lol.
No nothing. It worked fine in the studio. I took it out of the gig bag some days later to play on that gtr and i was like dafakk!? Changed battery tried everything. Dead.. Now i've to put on a damn emg 81 i've here at home as bridge instead lol.
InbredJunk
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Maybe your guitar is haunted haha
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Maybe your guitar is haunted haha
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wineandpiss
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Haunted by the passives lol.
Haunted by the passives lol.
wineandpiss
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Re: Blackout bridge pickup dead
I tried it again. It doesnt work in bridge position at all, but I get a very tiny amount of signal/sound thru the neck position..
I tried it again. It doesnt work in bridge position at all, but I get a very tiny amount of signal/sound thru the neck position..
Darth Nihilus
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Re: Blackout bridge pickup dead
Yup, the same thing happened to me once. If I remember correctly, I contacted SD and sent the pickup back to them and they replaced it with a new Blackout. See if you can do that.
Yup, the same thing happened to me once. If I remember correctly, I contacted SD and sent the pickup back to them and they replaced it with a new Blackout. See if you can do that.
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Myaccount876
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Re: Blackout bridge pickup dead
Have you checked the wiring? Check every single connection, especially those that carry the "hot" signal. To quickly check if it is a wiring issue or pickup issue, wire the bridge pickup straight to the jack. White goes to tip, bare goes to sleeve, red to the 9v+/9v- to ring. check for continuity of all connections with a multi meter. Also, make sure you're using a cable that is known to work flawlessly.
Also, does the guitar have separate volume controls for each pickup? If so, it could be just the bridge volume potentiometer going bad. Or if the pickup leads go to the selector switch first, it could be a faulty switch/bad contacts.
Have you checked the wiring? Check every single connection, especially those that carry the "hot" signal. To quickly check if it is a wiring issue or pickup issue, wire the bridge pickup straight to the jack. White goes to tip, bare goes to sleeve, red to the 9v+/9v- to ring. check for continuity of all connections with a multi meter. Also, make sure you're using a cable that is known to work flawlessly.
Also, does the guitar have separate volume controls for each pickup? If so, it could be just the bridge volume potentiometer going bad. Or if the pickup leads go to the selector switch first, it could be a faulty switch/bad contacts.
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wineandpiss
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Re: Blackout bridge pickup dead
Nah.it's not. All other p/u's are working fine but that one.
Nah.it's not. All other p/u's are working fine but that one.
dominus
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Re: Blackout bridge pickup dead
It doesn't say exactly on the website (Something else to fix!), but from a post on the forum SD pickups are warrantied for 5 years against defects.
Since a Blackout would *definitely* show abuse if someone meddled with it, as long as it's less than 5 years old they should swap it for you.
It doesn't say exactly on the website (Something else to fix!), but from a post on the forum SD pickups are warrantied for 5 years against defects.
Since a Blackout would *definitely* show abuse if someone meddled with it, as long as it's less than 5 years old they should swap it for you.
