I know. I subbed in parts of an emg diagram for the battery. This is used mostly for the 3 way switch. It's the only diagram I could find with blade style.
Once again, I'm assuming that you have checked continuity throughout the entire circuit and found that all is OK and that there are no ground <> "hot" connections.
This is from the 'net...
(my apologies if you know all of this and have done all the same testing)
Get your multi-meter (or borrow one if you don't have one) and set it to the ohms (resistance) setting. Remove the battery from the guitar and unplug the guitar from the amp. Then start checking the connections between places that should be connected (i.e., places that have a wire between them) with the meter. They should all read zero ohms. If you find one that reads more than that, that's your problem and you'll have to re-solder that wire.
If you don't find one, plug the battery back in and plug the guitar in, and start playing. Then wiggle wires. If one makes a ton of noise when you wiggle it, that's your culprit. Also try turning pots and flipping switches.
If that still doesn't find the problem, use the ohm meter to check the resistance across your pots. It should be whatever it says on the pot case. Check to make sure the centre contact of the pot does what it's supposed to.
If that doesn't work, set your meter to DC volts and make sure that the voltage from the power to ground on each EMG pickup is 9v.
Once again, I'm assuming that you have checked continuity throughout the entire circuit and found that all is OK and that there are no ground <> "hot" connections.
This is from the 'net...
(my apologies if you know all of this and have done all the same testing)
Get your multi-meter (or borrow one if you don't have one) and set it to the ohms (resistance) setting. Remove the battery from the guitar and unplug the guitar from the amp. Then start checking the connections between places that should be connected (i.e., places that have a wire between them) with the meter. They should all read zero ohms. If you find one that reads more than that, that's your problem and you'll have to re-solder that wire.
If you don't find one, plug the battery back in and plug the guitar in, and start playing. Then wiggle wires. If one makes a ton of noise when you wiggle it, that's your culprit. Also try turning pots and flipping switches.
If that still doesn't find the problem, use the ohm meter to check the resistance across your pots. It should be whatever it says on the pot case. Check to make sure the centre contact of the pot does what it's supposed to.
If that doesn't work, set your meter to DC volts and make sure that the voltage from the power to ground on each EMG pickup is 9v.
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