No sound from guitar

[coo1nt]

4 days earlier i used my guitar and it worked fine, after that i stored it in its bag and didnt use it untill recently, now barely any sound comes out of the amp, I tried a different guitar and it worked so its the guitar. Could the problem be a pickup?

[gfxbss]

coo1nt,

first off i would like to say welcome to guitar nuts 2.

from what youre describing it could be a number of different problems in the wiring area. it could just be that a wire came loose....

what kind of guitar and pickup config do you have?

you may want to open it up and make sure that youre wires are intact.

also, if you have a multimeter you may want to check the resistance over the entire circuit...

Tyler

[sumgai]

coo1nt,

Hi, and welcome to the NutzHouse! ;D

Let's make a few assumptions here, and if they're wrong, you can clear them up for us:

The same cable was used to test both guitars;

The guitar in question is in otherwise good shape..... you haven't let it get all grungy and loosened up, right; and

There are no recent modifications in the guitar that haven't been fully tested.


Given all that, I'd guess that the cord isn't getting a good fit into the guitar's output jack. Is the jack just plain getting old and worn out? (How old/new is this thing?)

HTH


sumgai

[ccso8462]

I'm with Sumgai. Check the guitar jack. Had similar trouble on my son's bass. For a quick fix we used a .30 cal brass bore-cleaning brush to clean the jack contact without removal. (The advantage of having guns and guitars!) As soon as we had a chance we removed the jack to re-solder the leads, reshape and polish the contacts.

Carl

[coo1nt]

its a yamaha eg 112c guitar (immitation strat fat) the pickups are H-S-S and it's still in good condition, i opened it up and didn't see any loose wires or anything, i used a multimeter and got a current on e verything i tested, the jack was working fine but i just replaced it because i accidentally broke it. The guitar sounds trebely on my small practice amp since the volume decreased, i won't be able to test on a half stack untill the weekend since its not at my house

[darguitar]

As mentioned previously, it's most probably the jack socket or switch. When plugged in, make some noise and try moving the selctor switch through the 5 positions. Also try moving it from side to side (an un-natural movement) whilst playing and listen for any weird sounds. I've had to replace a few selector switches on brand new cheap pacificas over the years. Failing this, it's probably time for a new jack socket. If you don't have the facility to check the circuit with a multimeter, I'd change the socket. It's dirt cheap, but make sure ya get a switchcraft branded socket!
Good Luck

[coo1nt]

thanks for the help, the problem was the jack, i soldered a new one, the reason it was trebely was after having the guitar unstrung for 2 days the neck got straight so now im off to improve my guitar by doing another trusbar and bridge adjustment and shield the guitar (which i learned about on this forum)

[jmartyg]

oh no.
if you took the strings off for a few days, dont adjust the neck! just restring it, tune it and let it sit. Otherwise, youll find youself adjusting adjusting and then learn that you adjusted it back to where it was to begin with.