I have a squier special p/j with a p/j baseline set, everything looks connected but only the jazz pickup is making noise. Absolutely nothing out of the p pickup. What do I do?
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Pbass pickups arent working?
- Thread starter abcdefranklin
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have you checked out the wireing to see if any of the solder on the pots is loose or not connected?
I've never wired a bass I'm not sure what I'm exactly looking at. Everything does seem ok though I'll get up some pictures
Do you know how to use a multi-meter? If so, disconnect the white wire coming off the pickup to the controls. Put your multi-meter on it and the black wire coming off the pickup from the other side where it's soldered onto the casing of the potentiometer. Depending on how the pickup is wound, it should read somewhere between 8kohms and 12kohms DC resistance, give or take. If it reads way too low, as in 4 to 5 kohms, or way too high, approaching infinity, or continuously wobbles and won't settle down to a single reading, then the pickup is probably bad.
If the pickup reads in range, then it's time to check the components one by one by unsoldering the "hot" side of each one. If it's a 250 kohm pot, then the outside lugs should read 250 kohms +/- 20%, and the wiper should vary between zero and maximum value smoothly.
If the pickup reads in range, then it's time to check the components one by one by unsoldering the "hot" side of each one. If it's a 250 kohm pot, then the outside lugs should read 250 kohms +/- 20%, and the wiper should vary between zero and maximum value smoothly.
