Guitar wires Troubles

[petemoore]

The neck pickup is got dull sounding and the output has fallen off also.
 I know this could be a thousand things and not much here to go on but maybe there's something that commonly happens to cause this...looks like I need to do some guitar de-buggging again...any Ideas where I should start?

[D Wagner]

Pete,

Check for a broken or loose ground (or hot wire).  It is usually at the pickup bobbin itself, and is easy to reattach, if you have a fine enough tip on your soldering iron.

Check the control cavity for loose or detached wires, too.  If that isn't it, check the pickup with a DMM, and compare the resistance to the good pickup to find if there is a bad winding.  If so, then it is bad news;  time to rewind or replace.

Good luck.

Derek

[Peter Snowberg]

Check your selector switch and make sure the contacts are clean. I had low output from one guitar last week and it turned out tobe a dirty knife switch.

-Peter

[Brett Clark]

Is the pickup still set at the right distance from the strings? This is a simple problem that can cause the effects you describe.

[petemoore]

well the neck pup ...it's very close to the strings now...however this compensation is inadequate as much of the highs are missing still.
 I will try all these suggestions [My neck pickup used to be engaged much of the time] thanks for them ... That's GOTta get fixed.