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First and Last pickups dead - Overvoltage?

Started by cinnanon, November 27, 2018, 09:09:38 AM

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cinnanon

The first and last pickups are dead on a Rhodes i'm working on. Seems too coincidental. Could it have been from a voltage spike that burned those pickup wires? I get measurable resistance across all other pickups

pianotuner steveo

Maybe, but doubtful. Pickups just open up for no apparent reason. It happens on Fender guitars and basses too!
1960 Wurlitzer model 700 EP
1968 Gibson G101 Combo organ
1975 Rhodes Piano Bass
1979 Wurlitzer 206A EP
2009 73A Rhodes Mark 7
2009 Korg SV-1 73
2017 Yamaha P255
2020 Kawai CA99
....and a few guitars...