Broken Pickup?? Need help

[johnstratiwant]

Have you bought an multimeter yet? That would take all the guess work out and you can actually focus on fixing it

I will buy it tomorrow and check what the problem could be

Good man. Here's what I would do:
1 ) set the pickup selector to the supposedly 'dud' pickup. Only that pickup must be in the circuit...
2) plug into amp and check if it is good sounding.
3) then disconnect plug from amp and put multimeter leads on plug end. Record DC resistance.
4) play until pickup starts sounding funny.
5) repeat 3
6) does the pickup sound gradually go weak or very quickly?
7) report findings to the mighty forum

Thanks for the information- I will follow these steps!

[johnstratiwant]

This sounds more like an amplifier issue to me, have you tried it with another amp ?

I have only one amp and haven't tried with other amps. But, I don't think its amp issue cause other pickup position (e.g. bridge and middle) works fine

[johnstratiwant]

I have a similar issue with one of the pickups in my Gretsch. Tapping the pickup brings it back to life. I’ve been putting off taking it out and sending it to Dr Glynn, but I really should get round to it.

That's interesting too... today, I reheated the solder joint on the pickup area and extended the lead cables- it works now and hopefully the issue doesn't come back. If it does, I will differently get a multimeter and check

[jennz]

Yay, Good old fashion re-solder did it !