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MulliganChebichev · February 18th, 2008, 02:10 AM

When I replaced a volume pot I accidentally forgot to reground the neck pup, this caused it to be veeeery quiet (having the volume all the way up only caused it to whisper out of the amp). After grounding it it worked just fine.
Just curious on whats going on.

boris bubbanov · February 18th, 2008, 03:33 AM

Your primary lead connections needs checking. One of the solders could be cold, or you might have a damaged lead.

6x47 · February 18th, 2008, 12:42 PM

I'm suprised it worked at all.

With only one wire connected you had an incomplete circuit.

If this is case where the pup has 3 wires, one wire would be for grounding the shield. Although they are usually connected, maybe this pup is intended for, or has been modified for, use with a 4 way switch so the ground for the pup was separated from the shield ground.

In this case if you connected the hot wire and the shield wire but not the pup ground wire, you would have an incomplete circuit.

boris bubbanov · February 18th, 2008, 03:37 PM

I hooked the leads to the jack wrong on one last month and plugged the guitar in and got a radio broadcast. These things happen.

February 18th, 2008, 02:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
MulliganChebichev Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Eugene, Oregon Age: 19 Posts: 1,958 11 Photos	Ungrounded pup, whats going on? When I replaced a volume pot I accidentally forgot to reground the neck pup, this caused it to be veeeery quiet (having the volume all the way up only caused it to whisper out of the amp). After grounding it it worked just fine. Just curious on whats going on.

February 18th, 2008, 03:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 15,215	Your primary lead connections needs checking. One of the solders could be cold, or you might have a damaged lead. __________________ When i listen

February 18th, 2008, 03:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
boris bubbanov Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past Posts: 15,215	I hooked the leads to the jack wrong on one last month and plugged the guitar in and got a radio broadcast. These things happen. __________________ When i listen

February 18th, 2008, 12:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
6x47 Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northern ON Age: 65 Posts: 571	I'm suprised it worked at all. With only one wire connected you had an incomplete circuit. If this is case where the pup has 3 wires, one wire would be for grounding the shield. Although they are usually connected, maybe this pup is intended for, or has been modified for, use with a 4 way switch so the ground for the pup was separated from the shield ground. In this case if you connected the hot wire and the shield wire but not the pup ground wire, you would have an incomplete circuit.

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