What are the common failures in various types of pickups?
1. Damaged coil. Broken magnet wire Damage to a single turn of magnet wire will result in failure in the pickup working. You may get a thin faint signal to the amplifier but if you turn the tone control down for the particular pickup and you have no sound, that is usually a sure sign that the coil is bad. 2. Cold solder joints This can happen if the joint is moved or if you blow on it. Often the eyelet isn t heated enough to melt the insulation on the magnet wire. Just re-apply heat to the solder joint if you see no signs of coil damage. On humbuckers the small hookup wire connected to the coil can have a bad or cold solder joint. The humbucker coils are more delicate to work on and extreme care has to be taken when removing the insulating tape to repair or check out if the coil is damaged. Often pulling too hard can break the magnet wire within the coil. 3. Coil damage due to removal or applied covers Covers can be filled with dust and debris from years of playing. The debris can be c
