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Topic: help with a maybe bad pick up |
Bill Taft
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Sturgeon Mo. USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Feb 2009 2:56 pm |
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I have a D-8 1954 all original fender steel with case I cant get the front neck to work so if someone has an original or knows of a phone# I can call to have one wrapped to specs please let me know this steel came from a lady that bought it brand new does not even have a bar ding in it the date in the tone cavity is I think 4-54 and signed Mary I am not even sure the pu is bad and dont want to touch anything yet sure this is worth some bucks the cond it is in so please help.
Bill--billrt@centurytel.net |
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G Strout
From:
Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 25 Feb 2009 2:37 pm
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Bill.... I know nothing about D-8's, but I would check the guitars switch to make sure it is functioning correctly first. If it turns out that you do have a bad PUP. There are several places that do rewinding and have a quick turn around with quality work. Jason Lollar, Lindy Fralin and Curtis Novak come to mind.
www.curtisnovak.com
www.fralinpickups.com
www.lollarguitars.com
I have used Curtis Novak and Lindy Fralin before. They are both excellent. Jason Lollar "wrote the book" on pickup winding and I have heard nothing but good about his work. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 2:51 am
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The D8 I have here is also a 1954, and signed by Mary. She must have been the inspector  |
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Jerry Erickson
From:
Atlanta,IL 61723
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Posted 26 Feb 2009 6:26 pm
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| Bill, Do as the G-man says:). Disconnect the hot lead of the pickup from the switch and get a measurement from an ohm meter to see if the pickup is at fault. I have an Epiphone Zephyr steel that I had to replace the volume and tone controls because they had become open resistors in the circuit. |
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Jon Nygren
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 27 Feb 2009 11:47 am
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Why are you suspecting it bad in the first place, is there no sound, or is there just low output?
Sometimes the magnets just need recharging on those.
EDIT- duh, just read you can't get it to work. Like the other posters said, check it with an ohmmeter. |
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