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Std Fender Tele - SCN pickup problem

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Stack

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Dec 23, 2007, 7:57:57 PM12/23/07
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Hi. I installed a set of Fender SCN pickups in my son's 2005 Standard
Tele today. The bridge pickup seems to be dead.

Pretty straightforward install. Greens and Blacks to the back of the
volume control and yellow and white to the proper contacts on the
switch. Schematic is clear on where these go and they match the
placement of the old pckup wires. The short black wire with the lug
on
it goes to the back of the bridge plate by being sandwiched between
the metal bridge plate and the rubber on the pickup adjustment screw.
This is how we found the old one and wired the same. Just seems like
it it not a good way to make a connection. not sure it matters.


Help.Can I test the brigde pickup off the guitar? Any special hint on
wiring a Std Tele for SCN pickups. Thanks.


Nerdlinger

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Dec 24, 2007, 12:44:23 PM12/24/07
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i'm not a tech but have installed a few pup's. if you have a multi-
tester or VOM you could check the ohms through the pickup. maybe you
have a cold solder joint.

Stack

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Dec 24, 2007, 9:43:33 PM12/24/07
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Thanks. I do have a multitester. Got 3 wires or connections Black and
green, which seem to be common/ground and the yellow "hot" wire. I'll
check ohms across the green/yellow and the black/yellow. Any ideas as
to what kind of resistance I am looking for and where? Guess I can
test the working one I am replacing but that is a 2 wire - black and
yellow.

Stompbox

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Dec 25, 2007, 4:44:34 AM12/25/07
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Good morning,

Fit a jackplug into the output socket with the cover removed. With the
volume and tone turned to max, you should get (approx) 56k ohms to
possibly 16k ohms - depeding on the pickups you have.

If it's way over (Ie:- 100k - or more ) you have an open circuit.

If it is much less - say 1k or less, then you have a short on the
wiring.

What you have to do then is get a piece of A4 paper and a pen, and
meter each bit of wiring out, make a note of what wires you have
checked and work your way through the circuit. Look at Seymour Duncans
site for wiring info. as well - they have some general schematics to
help.

All the best,


Geoff

Nerdlinger

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Dec 25, 2007, 1:39:38 PM12/25/07
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fender bridge pup dc resistance is listed at 13.8k ohms

Stack

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Dec 29, 2007, 11:12:35 AM12/29/07
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On Dec 25, 1:39 pm, Nerdlinger <mwp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> fender bridge pup dc resistance is listed at 13.8k ohms

Thanks again - sending the pups back. Both old ones and the new neck
pup gave the proper resistance. The new bridge pup gave 0 resistance
between all terminals. Guess I got a defect. Will try again once
supplier confirms defect, returns them to Fender, gets a new set from
Fender and ships them back to me... going to be a while...

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