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Telecastermusic · February 20th, 2012, 04:39 PM

Hi
Anyone got any idea why a Burstbucker only gives half volume all of a sudden? Is there an obvious fault that is easily corrected?
Cheers

gtrman56 · February 21st, 2012, 01:16 PM

It might have a break in the wire wound around the coils. I was given a lap steel years ago that had very low output, as in, having to turn my 65 watt amp up to full volume to hear it. Read the resistance of the pickup with an ohmmeter, and it read open (infinite resistance). If you can check it with a multimeter on the ohms setting, it should read around 8 to 8.5 Kohms (8000 to 8500 ohms). Unfortunately, not a quick fix, if that's the problem? Hope this helps.

Bartholomew3 · February 22nd, 2012, 07:59 PM

You didn't mention this but if that pick-up goes to zero volume when you turn down the tone control it's probably time for a rewind or new one.

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Bartholomew3 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Montreal Posts: 1,573	You didn't mention this but if that pick-up goes to zero volume when you turn down the tone control it's probably time for a rewind or new one.

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