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UPDATE: I was soooo wrong!!
Well, my problem came back, so I opened her up once again. This time I noted that the pickup went dead and came back when the back (bottom) of the pickup flexed--such as when I tapped or pushed down on the pickup near the pickup screw (see my initial post). That made me think that something was amiss inside the pickup. I've never opened up a pickup before to expose the copper winding, but there is always a first time. I studied the windings closely, and sure enough, one end of one winding appeared to be only touching--rather than soldered to--the lead that goes out to the pickup's external solder post. The winding, of course, is very thin, so it was a little like brain surgery, but I successfully got it soldered to the lead without much trouble.
Everything seems to be working fine now, and I got my first firsthand look at the inside of a pickup. Not a bad afternoon afterall.
Regards
Mark
Last edited by markgreiner; August 24th, 2008 at 07:30 PM.
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