I Need Tele Help!! Sound Issues

yubtub · July 6th, 2008, 06:09 PM

When I start playing my Telecaster, it starts off just fine, but then after about 5 minutes the sound will get really quiet and i can still barley hear it in the amp, then after like 10 seconds it will come back. It does this with all the 3 pick up selections. It repeats this like every 30 seconds after the first time it happens. I dont know whether its the wiring or if its a volume control knob or even just the pick ups.

I had taken it apart and looked inside for any apparent wiring problems in the past and everything looked normal, I just rearranged the wires a little bit and it didnt cut out for a month or so now its doing it again. I have basic knowledge of scematics and im not a soldering pro. Please help me!?!?!

markw51 · July 6th, 2008, 06:12 PM

That is likely a problem with your amplifier or the cord between the amp and the guitar.

Try a different amp and see if does the same thing.

yubtub · July 6th, 2008, 06:18 PM

My strat works just fine, when i play with it and has never had this issue.
Even right after the tele starts to cut out i can just switch to my strat and my amp works fine. so i assume that its a problem with the tele

Roli · July 6th, 2008, 06:51 PM

Isn't the jack cup loose?

garytelecastor · July 6th, 2008, 06:52 PM

Welcome to the forum Yubtub.
I am sure you will find the answer to your problem.
I personally think it is in your pickups.
Does it occur on both or just one?

robt57 · July 6th, 2008, 07:16 PM

Welcome!

Does that guitar have active pickups by chance ?

yubtub · July 6th, 2008, 11:28 PM

Im not sure what active pickups are to be honest,

How could i diagnose the pickups as being the problem?

it also does it on all 3 pickup selections

telefunk · July 6th, 2008, 11:59 PM

Maybe dirty contact on the output jack, I've had that problem before and the effect is pretty much the same as you're describing. If you twist the plug around while it's in the output socket does the sound come back.
BTW active pickups have a pre-amp built in somewhere in the guitar - you would need an access panel in order to change the battery.

yubtub · July 7th, 2008, 12:13 AM

Next time it starts cutting out ill spin the input jack and see if it works

how can i go about cleaning the input jack??

do you recommend any techniques?

thanks!

Van_The_Man · July 7th, 2008, 08:07 AM

Please, try the Tele through a different amp or with a different cable at first.

July 6th, 2008, 06:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
yubtub NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Westerville Ohio (Columbus) Age: 20 Posts: 5	I Need Tele Help!! Sound Issues When I start playing my Telecaster, it starts off just fine, but then after about 5 minutes the sound will get really quiet and i can still barley hear it in the amp, then after like 10 seconds it will come back. It does this with all the 3 pick up selections. It repeats this like every 30 seconds after the first time it happens. I dont know whether its the wiring or if its a volume control knob or even just the pick ups. I had taken it apart and looked inside for any apparent wiring problems in the past and everything looked normal, I just rearranged the wires a little bit and it didnt cut out for a month or so now its doing it again. I have basic knowledge of scematics and im not a soldering pro. Please help me!?!?!

July 6th, 2008, 06:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
yubtub NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Westerville Ohio (Columbus) Age: 20 Posts: 5	sound problems My strat works just fine, when i play with it and has never had this issue. Even right after the tele starts to cut out i can just switch to my strat and my amp works fine. so i assume that its a problem with the tele

July 6th, 2008, 06:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Roli Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: ¤ Hungary ¤ Age: 30 Posts: 1,573 5 Photos	Isn't the jack cup loose? __________________ How I Play Fingerstyle Guitar - blog for rookies and not so rookies - with videos now!

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robt57 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Lost Yankee in Nashville Age: 51 Posts: 3,707 21 Photos	Welcome! Does that guitar have active pickups by chance ? __________________ Leo's Great, Leo's Good, let us thank him for our... Twang!

July 6th, 2008, 06:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
markw51 Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: rockville, md. Posts: 423	That is likely a problem with your amplifier or the cord between the amp and the guitar. Try a different amp and see if does the same thing.

July 6th, 2008, 11:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
yubtub NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Westerville Ohio (Columbus) Age: 20 Posts: 5	Im not sure what active pickups are to be honest, How could i diagnose the pickups as being the problem? it also does it on all 3 pickup selections

July 6th, 2008, 11:59 PM	#8 (permalink)
telefunk Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 259	Maybe dirty contact on the output jack, I've had that problem before and the effect is pretty much the same as you're describing. If you twist the plug around while it's in the output socket does the sound come back. BTW active pickups have a pre-amp built in somewhere in the guitar - you would need an access panel in order to change the battery. __________________ "Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder"

July 7th, 2008, 12:13 AM	#9 (permalink)
yubtub NEW MEMBER! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Westerville Ohio (Columbus) Age: 20 Posts: 5	Next time it starts cutting out ill spin the input jack and see if it works how can i go about cleaning the input jack?? do you recommend any techniques? thanks!

July 7th, 2008, 08:07 AM	#10 (permalink)
Van_The_Man TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Holland Posts: 91	Please, try the Tele through a different amp or with a different cable at first.