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If you still get no output, the pickup is dead.
"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
Some Asian eight-contacts-in-line PCB lever switches follow the same two-pole convention as the traditional CRL item associated with Fender. Some have "bridging" connections between adjacent terminals to simplify soldering. Some of the OTAX switches look similar but have all sorts of fancy tracks on their PCBs.
When you operate the selector switch lever, is there much side to side slack?
Repeated, vigorous use of those eight-contacts-in-line switches can eventually cause the PCB and the contact wipers to come apart, weakening the signal that reaches the volume pot.
The Interweb informs me that the RG1570 was launched in 2003. Thus, if your selector switch is original, it could be approaching twenty years old. Five times the life expectancy that I would allow for that switch type!
So if your middle switch setting is the middle pickup alone, you could try the tone control first, before taking the wiring apart.
"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
"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
The latter instance is where ICBM's alternative wiring suggestion comes in handy. Neck + bridge pickup might well make a more interesting and usable sound than an insipid, centrally placed single coil.
My other controversial opinion is that I prefer the in-between sounds on a HSH - whether split or not - to a SSS Strat. The reason there is quite simple... you get maximum 'quack' (which I hate!) when the pickups are most closely matched. I quite like a flavour of that hollow sound, but it's much less pronounced when the pickups are mismatched.
"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
(b) LOL I used to prefer them on HSH too, because my first guitar was HSH. I'm more used to Strats now so I've sort of changed my mind, but I know what you mean.
I also (possibly) changed my mind on the in-between sounds on an HSH (or HSS)- I used to much prefer them auto-split, but now I'm not so sure.
I'm just ridiculously indecisive, lol.