Need help with stringmaster pickup

Mike Bagwell · Post by **Mike Bagwell** » 15 Mar 2004 7:01 pm

Hi,
My front pick up went out on my 50's stringmaster yesterday. I had noticed some problems for while, but I play the other neck (tuned to C6) about 90% of the time. Well yesterday the pick up went completely out. I took the control plate out and checked the wiring everything looks good. I put my ohm meter on it, and found it to read open. I can wiggle the pickup a little and sometimes it will read around 55K.
I know that these pickup are wound in pairs for the humbucking feature to work properly. Should I buy another pickup?, if so how do I ensure its wound in the correct direction?, or do try and get this one rewound?.

Thanks
Mike

Ron Randall · Post by **Ron Randall** » 15 Mar 2004 7:11 pm

Hi Mike,
I had the same problem a coupla years ago. The single pickup should read around 8500 ohms DC.

Jason Lollar can repair what you have. He also has stringmaster pickup pairs for sale.

Ron

Kerry Wood · Post by **Kerry Wood** » 16 Mar 2004 5:21 am

Mike, you can't go wrong with Jason Lollar.

http://www.lollarguitars.com/

I sent an old horseshoe pickup to him a couple of years ago. He could have easily told me it needed to be rewound and charged me accordingly. It actually only needed minor work. My final bill: $15. Who knows, maybe you only need new leads soldered on your pickup, or maybe the pickup can be saved without a rewind somehow? You can't go wrong with Jason.

Kerry

Mike Bagwell · Post by **Mike Bagwell** » 16 Mar 2004 12:23 pm

Thanks guys, I just got off the the phone with Mr Lollar, I'm sending it to him for a rewind.

Mike