I have a tele partcaster with a SH-4 JB bridge pickup. With volume & tone pots on 10, the guitar is not very loud. If I plug another one of my guitars into the same amp the volume gets loud. The JB is a high output pickup so it should be loud. What should I check to see why the volume is not that high when using the JB?
JB Bridge low volume?
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Re: JB Bridge low volume?
Yes, I have a Duncan 59 neck humbucker and it sounds quieter than expected too.
Re: JB Bridge low volume?
Then I would say the problem lies in the guitar wiring. Double check everything. Are the pickups close enough to the strings? That would cause a volume drop, but probably not a super huge drop. But I would check the wiring (switches, pots, output jack, etc.). Is the guitar noisier that you would expect? There may be a grounding issue.
-Joe
Then I would say the problem lies in the guitar wiring. Double check everything. Are the pickups close enough to the strings? That would cause a volume drop, but probably not a super huge drop. But I would check the wiring (switches, pots, output jack, etc.). Is the guitar noisier that you would expect? There may be a grounding issue.
-Joe
Re: JB Bridge low volume?
I plugged an instrument cable into the guitar with normal output and measured with the multimeter. The output was the same as the potentiometer output.
Then I measure the same way on the guitar with the low volume and there was almost no output. I probably have a bad switch or bad wiring. I will have to try to figure out how to diagnose where the problem is.
I plugged an instrument cable into the guitar with normal output and measured with the multimeter. The output was the same as the potentiometer output.
Then I measure the same way on the guitar with the low volume and there was almost no output. I probably have a bad switch or bad wiring. I will have to try to figure out how to diagnose where the problem is.
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Funkfingers
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Re: JB Bridge low volume?
The chances are that some simple wiring error has been made. Detecting the error requires close visual inspection of the guitar wiring. If you can post decent quality photographs of your guitar's control cavity, it might be possible to remotely diagnose circuitry problems.
The chances are that some simple wiring error has been made. Detecting the error requires close visual inspection of the guitar wiring. If you can post decent quality photographs of your guitar's control cavity, it might be possible to remotely diagnose circuitry problems.
Zheddar
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Re: JB Bridge low volume?
The only thing that can't be seen is the output jack. I wired one backwards once and ended up rewiring and trying different potentiometers before realizing I had my ground and hot backwards on the jack. It made both pickups sound odd and tiny'ish I hope it's something that simple and easy. You may also want to tape the red and white bares coming from the neck humbucker.
The only thing that can't be seen is the output jack. I wired one backwards once and ended up rewiring and trying different potentiometers before realizing I had my ground and hot backwards on the jack. It made both pickups sound odd and tiny'ish I hope it's something that simple and easy. You may also want to tape the red and white bares coming from the neck humbucker.