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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Inspecting the undersides of your pickups will reveal which model each is and whether it has had its metal cover forcibly removed. (Good way to break a coil.)
EDIT: If you guitar was pre-owned, it is possible that a former owner reversed some upgrades immediately prior to selling and got the wiring wrong.
Just took the pickups out, the neck is a 57ch and the bridge a HOTCH(G). It all looks stock with no additional solder..
Replacements are quite cheap used on eBay but dont want to get one and have the same issue.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Bought a used same spec Epiphone bridge Pickup (14k ) but once installed into the guitar cames up with the same issue of low output and reading 6.5k .
I made a novice mistake of reading the original pickup through a jack lead while in the guitar but now checking it once unsoldered comes up as 14k .
Does this make it an issue with the pot ? Not great with soldering so before swapping the pot out , could it be anything else ? Its a standard humbucker with no coil tap .
If your selector switch is the budget type with its contacts concealed within a metal box, I strongly suggest that you replace it as soon as possible.
You didn't check it with the selector switch in the middle position by any chance? You can only read the resistance of a pickup in situ if you have that pickup alone selected and the volume up full.
If it is definitely an issue with the pot, could the terminals be touching any shielding paint on the floor of the cavity?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Thanks all sorted now ... I took the pot out to desolder the pickup and it came to to life .. ICBM was right it seems as though one of the legs was touching the side of the cavity ... Thanks for all the help ..
Unfortunate that we didn't get there before you bought a new pickup - hope it wasn't too expensive .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein