The electronics on my Stratocaster aren't working. What could be causing this?
I'm currently building a guitar myself for the first time. I got some original Fender parts and built the guitar out of them. It's finished, and everything fits so far. I'm just a little worried about the electronics. The circuit diagram I used is below; it's from the internet.
My problem is that both the middle pickup and the tone pots aren't working. I already asked a question about this pickup last week. I was given the tip to solder the working pickup onto the switch connection of the non-working pickup to find out if the switch was the problem. I did that, and then the working pickup also worked on the other connection. From this I conclude that the middle pickup (which is actually new) isn't working. To bridge the situation until I can get a new (better) pickup, I installed a bridge between the neck and middle pickup connections on the switch. This should temporarily switch on the neck pickup whenever the broken middle pickup should be switched on. This actually works. Now that the guitar is fully assembled, however, I've noticed that both tone pots aren't working (I didn't even test them before). What could be causing this? Everything is wired exactly according to the diagram, except for the bridge between the neck and middle pickup connections. Is it possible that I bridged the tone pots and that's why they no longer work? Or what else could be causing this?
Sorry if I seem a bit clueless. Like I said, this is my first time doing this. I didn't think it would be so complicated, and in retrospect, I probably should have bought the pickguard pre-wired. But I don't want to throw everything away…
If anyone knows anything about this, please help me. I'm slowly going crazy 😂😂😂
Circuit diagram:
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What does that mean to the TA?
About 8k for single and about 15k ohm humbucker you could measure. Control soldering points once again, possibly switch through the switch several times.
Good luck!
I've got through everywhere, so the soldering points are okay. However, my multimeter does not show me a value for any toner, I think this is the multimeter because two toners work.
To the pickup: You can also solder it directly to a jack to see if it works.
To the switch: There are different variants of 5-fold switches. If you don't find an exact name on the switch itself to google, I would measure it with a multimeter.
To the pots: here it is important to note that your schematic is a top view of the bottom of the pot. Either you have connected it mirror-inverted or it's just on the switch (I'm taping the latter one).
Oh, dear, if I had known that before 😅
My switch is the original Fender Stratocaster 5-way switch, which also has exactly the same connections as the one in the picture.
Even Fender has quite different in offer 😉
Are there also fake or cheap replicas for these toners?
The wiring or this plan only fits if the same components are present. Above all, the larger switch/poti, and the "5-way" switch, have a number of connections which do not necessarily have to be at exactly the same location. Such a three-legged pot (central and bottom in the picture) is difficult to connect but it is easy to recognize.
Unfortunately, one does not recognize the type of plan which is connected in the interior of the switch, depending on the switch position. With a correct circuit diagram and a measuring instrument (passage tester), you could safely assign the connections.
Although replicas of, for example, Göldo are standardized.