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Rhysyrhys
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My housemate is trying to fix up his old p-bass for recording. Silly bugger has pulled the wire of the p-bass pickup at the pickup end by accident. As far as we can see there are two contacts on the pickup (it's the one closest to the pots and jack, the bottom one). We've got a new wire (the other broke off somehow.. don't ask I don't know either) and re-soldered it to the the contact on the pickup where we believe the last one went, but theres bugger all coming out.

Whats wrong guys? I'm stumped. The only thing I can think of is that the pickup wire that we are using now is slightly different. It's the grade that you use pot to pot, not the shielded type like the old one. I can't imagine that would be it though.

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To ref, the wire is the on labeled "black" in this photo.
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Post by othomas2 »

Maybe one of the fine windings from the pickup that connects to this contact has come detached or snapped ?

I guess check all other connections too... without sounding too obvious.
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I GOTTA BROKEN BASS

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Post by honeyiscool »

You got multimeter? Start testing across pickup terminals. Resistance test works best.
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Post by toez10 »

Can you snap a picture of the actual pickup? There's a good chance the coil wire isn't making contact with your lead.
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theshadowofseattle wrote:I GOTTA BROKEN BASS

A-HUH A-HUH A-HUH OOOOO
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theshadowofseattle wrote:I GOTTA BROKEN BASS

A-HUH A-HUH A-HUH OOOOO
hahaha I lul'd