Matt300ZXT
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So in trying to diagnose this Warrior I'm having issues with, I'm trying to at least see if my pickups and pots are ok to narrow down a potential issue. The guitar has a HH setup with Duncans, I think it's a JB and 59 but I'm not 100% as it's been a while since I've had them out. I have the red lead on the tip of a cable, and the black lead on the shaft of the cable. The meter is set to kohms.
Bridge: volume on 10, the meter eventually settles around .40-.42 kohms. As soon as I start decreasing the volume, the meter goes haywire with random numbers and some 0L scattered in there, eventually settling at .02 kohms when at 0 volume.
Both pickups: volume on 10, it wants to fluctuate between about .90-1 kohms. When I start decreasing the volume, the meter goes haywire, hits 0L some, then at 0 volume, it stabilizes around .02 kohms.
Neck pickup: volume on 10, it wants to stabilize around .40 kohms. When I start to decrease the volume, it does the same thing as before, and ends up around .02 kohms.
So, aside from getting vastly different readings sometimes between measurements on the exact same settings, and going haywire when I'm turning the volume down, and stabilizing at the same reading when at 0 volume, it seems that the wiring, switch, pickups, and pots all seem to be functioning. It's weird I get zero output from the guitar though into an amp. I'm guessing that something in either the piezo preamp died (yes it has a new battery) or something like that and is somehow killing my output signal, though I don't see how that would do it. I'm considering just removing all the piezo stuff (preamp, battery, extra wiring) and rewiring the guitar to be a traditional 2 hum, 1 vol, 1 tone, 3 way LP style switch and use the 2 micro switches as coil taps, even though I don't really use coiltaps, but might as well use them for something. Then just leaving the blend knob for the piezo system unhooked.
If anyone wants to help me diagnose this thing, I am MORE than happy to take any pictures someone might want and take any measurements with this meter.
Bridge: volume on 10, the meter eventually settles around .40-.42 kohms. As soon as I start decreasing the volume, the meter goes haywire with random numbers and some 0L scattered in there, eventually settling at .02 kohms when at 0 volume.
Both pickups: volume on 10, it wants to fluctuate between about .90-1 kohms. When I start decreasing the volume, the meter goes haywire, hits 0L some, then at 0 volume, it stabilizes around .02 kohms.
Neck pickup: volume on 10, it wants to stabilize around .40 kohms. When I start to decrease the volume, it does the same thing as before, and ends up around .02 kohms.
So, aside from getting vastly different readings sometimes between measurements on the exact same settings, and going haywire when I'm turning the volume down, and stabilizing at the same reading when at 0 volume, it seems that the wiring, switch, pickups, and pots all seem to be functioning. It's weird I get zero output from the guitar though into an amp. I'm guessing that something in either the piezo preamp died (yes it has a new battery) or something like that and is somehow killing my output signal, though I don't see how that would do it. I'm considering just removing all the piezo stuff (preamp, battery, extra wiring) and rewiring the guitar to be a traditional 2 hum, 1 vol, 1 tone, 3 way LP style switch and use the 2 micro switches as coil taps, even though I don't really use coiltaps, but might as well use them for something. Then just leaving the blend knob for the piezo system unhooked.
If anyone wants to help me diagnose this thing, I am MORE than happy to take any pictures someone might want and take any measurements with this meter.
