Broken full shred =(

[delt]

Hello all,

i have a seymour duncan full shred, and it's defective.... one of the coils gives an extremely low, hardly audible output. tested this by connecting it directly to my gt-3 and holding a tuning fork next to the coils.

i took it apart and checked the impedances directly at the coil leads, one of them gives its regular 7 Kohms, the other one (the one that gives no output) measures around 1500K.

can't see anything else than a broken coil....... =(

 

[jeremy]

Re: Broken full shred =(

what does it measure in series?
did you just purchase this new? if so id bring it back and get a new one.

 

[7th Hell]

Re: Broken full shred =(

Did it cut out gradually or was it bad from the beginning when you installed it? I had a SH-5 Custom go out over the course of a few days. It started with the signal dropping out for a split second every now and then. It got worse and worse until the guitar sounded like I was using a very old and destroyed guitar cable (scratches, buzzing, etc...). The signal would come in and out when I tapped on the pup. The signal that did come in was very low in volume- almost inaudible.

If it's a new pup, I recommend utilizing SD'd unconditional 21-day return policy. Check out the info on the registration card that came with your pup.
Good luck, bro!

 

[Fusion1]

Re: Broken full shred =(

What the others said, have it taken back to the dealer you bought it from unless it was a used pup. Then you are pretty much stuck with it.

 

[delt]

Re: Broken full shred =(

bought it used about a year ago. i had this and a $5 piece of junk humbucker, replaced them with Kent Armstrong ultradistortion humbuckers (20 Kohm!!!!!!!!) awesome pickups.