Hi all, new guy here. I'm an extremely novice 10 year player, self taught & not very good at all. I also like to tinker. So, I have a 2004(5-ish) Chinese Epi LP (EE serial number prefix) & I decided to upgrade it. I bought some Slash PuPs, and a premium wiring kit from Stewmac to wire it up 50s style. I work in engineering, and have spent many years as a mechanic, so I'm good with tools & schematics etc. I spent a good amount of time online watching various wiring videos & reading up on it all prior to starting. I made a template of the pot holes on some strong cardboard and wired up the pots & caps outside of the cavity, then I wired the switch & started installation. I noticed that the long shaft of the switchcraft switch caused the base of the switch (where the wire connections are) to not line up with the passthough hole for the wires, so they have to be bent back "up" towards the top of the guitar before routing. After re-assembly (bad move), i have the following problem:
Neck position - neck pup is good, vol & tone works.
Middle position - neck pup is good, vol & tone works, nothing from the bridge pup
Bridge position - heavy buzz like a ground short. no sound or tone from pup.
When i test the ground (from pot to each component) its all good. Testing the pups through the output jack does not work, but isolated testing them is good. Not sure where to go with it now, could it be a bad switch, or the fact that the switch posts touch the wood? I've also read that with the single conductor pushback wire its possible to "overheat" it when soldering, and ground the wire out... not sure if this is true or if its the case, but if so, i cut my pup leads to fit, is there a way to replace them?
any suggestions? I've searched the forum and the internet, and couldnt find a similar problem, so i had to post. thanks in advance
Neck position - neck pup is good, vol & tone works.
Middle position - neck pup is good, vol & tone works, nothing from the bridge pup
Bridge position - heavy buzz like a ground short. no sound or tone from pup.
When i test the ground (from pot to each component) its all good. Testing the pups through the output jack does not work, but isolated testing them is good. Not sure where to go with it now, could it be a bad switch, or the fact that the switch posts touch the wood? I've also read that with the single conductor pushback wire its possible to "overheat" it when soldering, and ground the wire out... not sure if this is true or if its the case, but if so, i cut my pup leads to fit, is there a way to replace them?
any suggestions? I've searched the forum and the internet, and couldnt find a similar problem, so i had to post. thanks in advance