Reply With QuoteI had that happen on a new pickup I bought. It was the wiring - it had broken where it joins to the poles.
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Any reason why a pickup would just suddenly die?
After about 1 year of ownership, my bridge pickup in my Jazzmaster died. I took it to the dealer and they confirmed it is a dead pickup. I haven't mistreated the guitar in any way, so I'm curious why this happened.
I had a DiMarzio do the same thing to me only a few weeks before, so I'm really puzzled why this is happening.
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I had that happen on a new pickup I bought. It was the wiring - it had broken where it joins to the poles.
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This could also happen if it was not waxed properly. Over time and vibration an improper waxing could cause two wires to touch each other and ground out the pup.
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Perhaps a broken solder connection? Or was this with the pup itself? I'm curious about this... My guitars mainly die due to bad soldering connections at the jack or pup switch.
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hmm, maybe another piece of your equipment has a problem, bad cable(s), faulty ground, something with an intermittent short and the pup is getting hit with it, guessing here?
Unless it is a real coincidence that the two pups went so close to each other.
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One time one of the original pups in my Gibson turned on itself and became the coolest sounding single coil ever. I played it that way in the neck for YEARS (well over 8 years at least) and it was fun (it was originally the bridge pickup but put it in the neck because of the sound I was getting - figured it would sound cooler in the neck). Don't know why it happened but it did. Probably "one of those things". I eventually replaced it with another PAF. I still have that "single coil" humbucker pickup but it is not in any of my guitars at the moment.
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Well it turns out that I had a defective pickup. Unfortunately for me, I have to pay for it because I didn't keep the reciept. I thought registering the serial number would be enough, but apparently that's not the case.
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What a bummer there Tremolo. A good lessons learn for all of us. Keep the reciept.
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Electric: Washburn HB-30, Squier Tele Custom Deluxe, Jay Turser Strat.
Acoustic: Seagull S6.
AMPs: VOX AD30VT, Peavey Envoy 110.
Modelers: V-AMP 2, Digitech RP-100A.
Pedals: Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble, Digitech Bad Monkey, Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo, DOD VFX40B 7-Band Graphic EQ, Ibanez CS-5 Super Chorus.
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You'd think Dimarzio would take the bad pickup back, just for good customer service. That's not good, especially when you registered the serial #.Originally Posted by tremoloman
Well it turns out that I had a defective pickup. Unfortunately for me, I have to pay for it because I didn't keep the reciept. I thought registering the serial number would be enough, but apparently that's not the case.
Guitars:
Fender 2006 MIM Fender Stratocaster HSS in 3TS
Ibanez RG 570 with a bridge Invader
ESP M II Deluxe with a Tune-o-Matic bridge
Eleanor, the magical, mystical Road Worn wonder Tele
Blackstar HT Club 40
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Kat,
DiMarzio DID take the pickup back with no questions asked. No only did they take it but they shipped a brand new pickup back to my local music store in under 3 days!
It's FENDER who is making me purcase another pickup even though the guitar is a year old. I'm very unhappy about that since I didn't even do anything wrong to it. The inferior wiring job inside shows whoever did it performed a lousy job on installing the components.
Oh well... lesson learned: SAVE YOUR RECIEPT!!!
It's been over a month and still no pickup.
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