How to Troubleshoot & Repair an Electric Guitar 

Really glad to hear! Comments like this are what motivate me to make these kind of videos.

@@cjhoyle my electric guitar had a broken wire, do you repair it for me?

@@Leona656 Do you live in Toronto? Please contact me by email for this.

Amazing video.mate ...helped me

Yes 4 years later and you were the only that helped with my guitar situation! Thank you! 🤩

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Thanks, I'm glad this video delivered what you were looking for!

Glad it was helpful! In this day and age so many people throw things away when they break and don't bother even trying to fix them. I applaud you for taking the time!

Thanks!

No problem, glad to hear you got your problem solved too!

Nice! Best of luck with your repair!

Thanks, I'm glad it was easy to follow. I believe I just searched for 5 position guitar selector switch. The one that I replaced it with is not identical to the original, but that doesn't bother me, especially knowing that the original failed.

What you're describing is almost exactly what I did.

Thanks, glad it was helpful!

If it was me, I would take it back and exchange it. If you take it apart and aren't able to fix it, there's a good chance they will refuse to take it back.

Considering that the switch makes noise when you move it sometimes, my guess would be that the problem lies there. You should be able to confirm this though using a multimeter like I showed in the video.

I've never heard of a pick-up losing it's magnetism, but I'm no expert. Have you tried googling it?

I'm glad the video was helpful. I hope you were able to solve the problem!

Thanks, I'm glad you found it helpful.

Thanks.

Awesome, nice work!

haha my soldering iron has been through a lot, but it just keeps on working for me so I can't justify replacing it!

haha sorry about that. Thanks.

Thanks!

Thanks, I'm glad it was helpful!

I have no idea what would cause 1 string to be silent while all the others are still working. Does it do this on all pickup switch positions?

Awesome, glad to hear!

I'm sorry, I have no idea what would cause 1 string to not make sound while all the others can. Please let me know if you figure it out the cause.

To be completely honest, I really only know the basics. Most of what I know, I learned in High School science class. I would recommend checking around RU-vid for videos about the basics.

Electrical tape is a good temporary substitute

Thanks. Best of luck with your diagnostics and repair!

Thanks!

Thanks, I'm glad that you (and the vast majority of viewers) appreciated this video.

haha hope you're able to sort that out.

Hard to know until you start testing with a multi-meter :)

No problem, happy to help.

Thanks, glad it was informative for you.

Happy to help. The ground side is wired to the outer part of the jack, the signal is wired to the tip.

I hope this video was helpful in troubleshooting and resolving your problem.

No problem. I'm glad it was helpful.

Are you certain it's not the patch cord?

@@cjhoyle thx for the reply.yes I did. I took it to a guitar tech. I had him rewire and solder everything.He said one of my pickups was bad.

Thanks, best of luck with your future repairs!

This is not something I've ever researched personally.

I've had a few other people comment on this video that they have the same guitar. I wonder if it's a common failure.

Was this something that just suddenly happened? If not, I would guess it might be the pickup height adjustment. The distance that the pickups are from the strings impacts how loud they sound.

@@cjhoyle thank you for the reply. it ended up being that my ground leads were to long.

Yes, that is a trick I show in the video. Tap with something made of steel.

@@cjhoyle I have bridge synth pickups by RMC, plus a HSH pickup set up with master tone and volume, plus coil spitters on my humbuckers, all running to a 6 way switch and then a 3 way blend switch. I don’t think any of the HSH pickups are working now, no sound other than when the blend switch is switched to only synth pickups. I tap the pickups with my pick and get no noise, but I’ll try with metal. I highly suspect a short probably in an outer shielded wire used as a ground touching something hot. I’m 2500 miles from my builder or that would be my first move! I’ll get out my multimeter and screwdrivers tomorrow, and use your vid here to help trouble shoot, THANKS!