rhythmbug Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 (edited) Something is amiss with the wiring on my Stingray. It sounds as if one of the coils is not properly connected. When I push down on the pickup while playing, the sound suddenly becomes full again, as if the connection is being reinstated. Then I let go of it, and the volume and tone drops off significantly. So I decided to pull out the pup and take a look at it. The bare wire is loose and unattached! Is that cause for concern? Where should it be? And the solder joint of the black wire looks a bit weak. Bass - 2004 Stingray 5 w/piezo bridge Pickup - Duncan SMB-5a 3C Any advice would be much appreciated! Cheers Mike Edited March 4, 2017 by rhythmbug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Doesn't look like a standard humbucker design and the photo doesn't provide enough information to guess how the coils are connected. If you can't find an obvious place which has a blob of solder and looks like it might have had something attached, you may be better off emailing to Seymour Duncan and asking for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deksawyer Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Going by the diagram on the SD website, the bare wire that's loose goes to the same point as the green & white. Should be a simple job to re-solder it back there... D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhythmbug Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 Not sure if you can see from the pic, but the green and white wires run underneath the plate of the 3rd coil. I'm no expert but I'm not sure how to access that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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