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P-bass pickups woes.


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Hi.
I wonder if anyone can tell me if the problem I'm having with my P-bass pickups could be anything to do with them being fairly old 1977, could it be because they are losing their magnetisim?
I thought it must be a lose connection in the wiring but they have been cleanly re-soldered recently, the earth connection seems to be fine, the problem is that they seem to cut out in volume every now and then and I have to tap them to get them to cut back in.
Any Ideas?

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If they either work (when tapped) or don't, it's not likely to be anything to do with magnetism, since that would be a weak signal but permanent.

Most likely is a dodgy joint which will involve re-soldering - very carefully. If they work when tapped you're obviously creating the connection which is not engaging properly at times.

Like a lot of queries of this nature however it can only be fully analysed by a techie person seeing the bass in front of them. I would help you myself in this case but I reckon I've just missed the last bus to Finland.

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