shron7 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Hey guys, first of all my english is not very good so be patient with me I have an ltd ec256, i changed my neck pickup to SD jazz, but every once in a while he stops working. when i switch to the neck pickup and play with distortion i hear only filthy clean sound instead of bright distorted sound, So i checked the connections of the pickup and the selector switch with a multimeter and it's seems ok. iv'e also checked the pickup output and it's 0 ohms, so i sprayed some contact cleaner in the selector switch, and the problem solved. i checked with the multimeter the output and now it was 14.53 ohms(reasonable). but now It happened again, same problem, i suspect that the selector switch causes the problem . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Treat yourself to a new selector switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 If there was no problem with the original neck pickup then the chances are that something went wrong when the new one was installed, probably a bad or faulty connection with one of the volume/tone pots or you somehow accidentally damaged the selector while you connecting everything up. Sometimes a problem like this is best solved by taking the guitar to an experienced guitar tech who has got the experience to quickly diagnose the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 If it's reading 0 ohms then I'd be surprised if it was the switch - I would have expected an infinite or open circuit value if that were the case. Personally as you're reading a 0 or short circuit on the meter, I'd be more inclined to to suspect that a signal wire is touching earth somewhere - for a example, a single strand of wire that not been soldered with the other wires and is intermittently touching something that is earthed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shron7 Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 I checked the wires again and i saw that the green wire is touching the black wire(hot) so after i moved it a little, everything is fine and i get 7.25 ohms on the multimeter , i will put a piece of electrical tape to isolate the wires, thank you for the answers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
