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  • My bridge hum is sounding like a single coil?!?!

    So I pulled out my RG550 (I haven't played it in a few weeks) and the bridge humbucker has very weak output out of it. It was not sounding like this last time I played it. As I go through the 5-way switch I am getting distortion out of all the other combinations but the bridge has very little. The guitar is completely stock. Is it a loose wire or is the humbucker dying????
    "Yet, every little piss ant wanna' be death metal wiener will just carbon copy the next phase.." Kam Lee/Massacre

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  • #2
    check it with a multimeter, but if all of the wiring is still sound, it sounds like you have a dead coil.
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    • #3
      It sounds like the output is going in and out slightly from various levels of distortion, but nothing up to par of what it was. The longer I have it plugged in its actually getting worse! I guess maybe its new pickguard/pickup time if its dying. I really loved the sound from this too!
      "Yet, every little piss ant wanna' be death metal wiener will just carbon copy the next phase.." Kam Lee/Massacre

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      • #4
        check your wiring, just to be on the safe side...
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        • #5
          Will do, thanks man!
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          • #6
            The blade switch is probably just dirty and not making full contact. A bit of alcohol should fix it.
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            • #7
              You could tap on the pole pieces of each coil with a pick or screw driver. If a coil is dead you won't hear anything with the amplifier on. I'd do this before I took anything apart. You can mess around with the switch, too, but to clean it I would use a quality contact cleaner. The cheap stuff doesn't always work.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by RobRR View Post
                The blade switch is probably just dirty and not making full contact. A bit of alcohol should fix it.
                +1000

                I bet anything this is what it is. You say it's sat for a long time. The blade connectors probably oxidized.

                I think if you just slide the selector back and forth a lot it will clean off the connection.

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