Rewind vs. Replace a possibly defective pickup

Nicholas Dedring · From: Beacon, New York, USA

Having tone problems on my Emmons LGII. I thought it was both necks, but realize that it's only the e9 neck... the tone cuts out sporadically, muddy and quieter than normal.

I am growingly convinced that it must be the pickup... so the question is:

Do I send it out to Jerry Wallace to get rewound, or do I just get him to make a new one and keep the stock pickup intact in case it's not the problem?

What kind of recommendations do you folks have for how hot to get this pickup wound for the Emmons all-pull?

Finally: does anyone have advice for me for removing and installing pickups for the first time ever?? Just don't want to screw this up, frankly.

[This message was edited by Nicholas Dedring on 11 May 2006 at 10:18 AM.]

Jerry Roller · From: Van Buren, Arkansas USA

Nicholas, I doubt it is a problem with the pickup. If it was it should get thinner when it lost power. I would suggest before taking the pickup out that you wire around the control panel, direct from the jack to the pickup and play it a while to see if it still acts up. Even before that you might rearrange (jiggle) the wires on the neck switch, tone control switch and tone pot, and look for a tiny single strand of wire making contact on a terminal. Make sure the tone control is full clockwise and try it. It is possible a wire is getting moved by a pull rod and kicking the tone control circuit in. Also, clean the input jack on the guitar and amp. If you do find it to be the pickup it would be a good idea to have Jerry Wallace rewind it if you can do without the guitar while it is down, otherwise you might get another Emmons pickup, send yours to Jerry and after you get it back you could sell the extra pickup. I just really don't think your pickup is bad though.
Jerry

Mark Herrick · From: Bakersfield, CA

Have no personal experience with the LGII but it should be pretty simple. At least it was on my Mullen.

You'll first want to unsolder the pickup wiring from any switch or jack. (Photograph or draw a picture first so you can get it back the same way!) With the strings off just unscrew whatever screws are visible on the ends or sides of the pickup. There are probably some springs or something else on the back side of the pickup to keep tension when the screws are tightened. Just thread the wire through as you lift the pickup out. Goes back in the reverse.

I'd do all that testing first. If you still think it's the pickup, remove it and Jerry Wallace can probably test it for you before rewinding...

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