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Problem with '66 Precision stock pickup. Help?

BWB

BWB

Aug 30, 2000
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#1
Hi -

The guitar player in my band owns a '66 Precision bass - and it's got a problem. It has a very loud attack transient when playing the low E string. A distinctive static-like pop that comes through the cabinet on each note played on that string. It does not matter what setting the volume pot on the bass is set for, tone pot has no effect. Volume on amp has no effect - has to be pickup related.

And ... ? What's going on here?
 
#2
Does the player hang his thumb on the pickup when playing the E? Does the pickup move around fairly easily? If so, it could be a broken wire at the pickup which makes/unmakes when the pickup moves. The only other possibility is that the string is striking the pickup. If it were a problem with the coil itself, it would affect the A string as well as the E.
 
#3
dmusic148 said:
Does the player hang his thumb on the pickup when playing the E? Does the pickup move around fairly easily? If so, it could be a broken wire at the pickup which makes/unmakes when the pickup moves. The only other possibility is that the string is striking the pickup. If it were a problem with the coil itself, it would affect the A string as well as the E.
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The pickup does not move. No, I'm the one playing it - I'm not hanging my thumb on the string. String is not hitting the pickup. When you pull the E string to play a note - there is a pop so loud it makes all 4 10's in my cabinet move so much I don't ever want to do it again :)

Where do I start, or how, for troubleshooting this thing? I am handy with electronic repair and unafraid to get inside it.
 

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