godizded Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Hi, guys. I recently purchased this second hand 2007 Jackson Kelly JS30KE and there's a serious problem with the neck pickup, which has no sound. Only if I crank the amp volume to insane levels I can hear a very dim sound. I opened it and clearly someone has been messing with the electronics, as there's some duct tape and soldering there. The neck pickup is connected via the grey cable, which is provides a green cable that goes to the pickup selector, and a red and a white cable, which are soldered together. What's wrong here? I'm a total newbie when it comes to guitar electronics, so any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks so much in advance. Cheers, Sergi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) hello and welcome! that's a great looking guitar. It's not totally clear from the photos exactly what is going on but it should be easy enough to decipher the problem there are excellent wiring diagrams on the seymour duncan website HERE you will need to convert the colour codes on the seymour duncan site to the jackson version, there is a great page HERE with all the different colour codes on. i would follow the wiring for each pickup and see if it differs anywhere, it is most likely just a bad connection or a loose wire. do you own a multimeter? if the wiring looks ok then checking the resistance of the pickup is the next test. if you don't have the kit then it's time to find a tech, fi you give us an approximate loation then someone might be able to suggest one, or even offer to look at it for you. Matt EDIT - the switch is another possible issue, they are prone to getting dirt/corrosion on the contacts, give it a good few switches and see if that makes a difference, it might be worth cleaning the contacts, just pulling a strip of brown paper through them can be enough to get them working again. Edited January 4 by Matt P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tele-strat owner Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 MATT P with the wiring diagrams best road, I had similar issue bridge pickup wildfire (drive) simple re-soldering cleared it up. Cold solder or cold weld I am suspecting was the issue. one just never really knows, I start simplest possibilities and work out wards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
