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Thunderbird Club
- Thread starter TBird1958
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Any theory on why a bad pickup would give continuity to both jack lugs? Would an internal bridge between the windings and ground do that? All that still has to pass through the tone pot where ground and hot are separate lines.
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All about the sweet spot (for me), my right hand on the bridge cover and a .73 Tortex pick = magic with a '76
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in the works…..
You sly devil!
Did you talk Jeff out of a kidney this past visit?
You sly devil!
Did you talk Jeff out of a kidney this past visit?
I get his 70's Jbass as a trade.
One more data point. Center lug on pot has continuity with the can regardless of pot on/off. Not true with bridge pot. So, the hot leg is grounded somewhere. Will pull the pickup and look.
By continuity do you mean dead short (0 ohms) on the pickup center lead to braid? I think you should have like 14k on the pickup.
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What strings are currently on it?I played that bass again at rehearsal Sunday, love how plays but the strings are just not working in very well, they're prone to going out of tune after being played, much more so than any of my others. May have to try some Ken Smith Burners.
Bizarro world. Pulled the pickup and gently tugged on wires, lifting them up a bit to make sure nothing obvious. There wasn’t. Put it all back together and now have sound…
I would disconnect everything and test each component separately. It's a little more work, but it will be easier to find the trouble.
And you can do a nicer job than whoever was in there before.
Edit: just saw you posted its working. Maybe there is an intermittent short at the pickup.
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All about the sweet spot (for me), my right hand on the bridge cover and a .73 Tortex pick = magic with a '76
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Dunlop Max-Grip 1.14
All of the above, plus the legs!
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SIT Fusion Nickel........Something, something.
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One of my favorite cars from back then - never saw a red one! I made a dragster model-car version (lift-up one piece body shell) as a teen and sprayed it candy apple green. It won a model contest trophy at a local toy store.
I never got it until I played one. Worked great for me.
I got it to work. I had to tighten the output jack, bend the contact prong into position, and give the knob 100 turns. Seems all better now.
The tone pot is the standard Alpha A500K found in most Epis.
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You need to set the formulas to music.Why the HE double hockey sticks can I remember this jingle without even hearingit........Algebra on the other hand.
Continuity meaning I get a tone on my multimeter when connecting one end of the line to the other end. So, I was getting a beep when touching the center lug with one probe and either lug on the jack. It was working for a minute, now not…
Next step, unsolder the pickup and test ohms.
A high school buddy drove a maroon one. It was a nice care; power windows and all that.
