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Question about my guitar?
Updated my other question about my guitar and I'll try my best to explain is as I don't know anything about the problem or how guitars work mechanicaly. It's a fender squire telecaster, it has a volume dial and a tone dial and a pick up selecter that's all. When I go to change tone with the switch as there's three to switch to, when the switch is all the way over to the right the sound cuts off. If I'm lucky sometimes it works and I actually get sound but most of the time it doesn't work or its so faint you can't hear anything. I don't know what's wrong but I don't really want to take it to a shop after what they said about the condition of my guitar as my friend said they were just telling me stuff to convince me to purchase another guitar so to speak as my guitar I perfectly fine except for this. So I'm stuck at what's wrong and what to do.
4 Answers
- Anonymous6 years ago
It's probably just a faulty switch. Physically, there could be a few things going on, like a short or a crossed wire when the switch is in that position. I had that replaced on my bass for about $30 at a local shop way back when. It's a pretty simple fix.
How many pickups are on your guitar? For a two-pickup telecaster guitar, when your switch is in the first position, it's using the first pickup. When it's in the second position, it's using both pickups. Make sure there's actually a difference in tone between the 1 and 2 positions, because if not, then it could be a bad second pickup, which is the reason why position #3 is faulty, and that would be a bit more expensive. Not as much as a new guitar, but more than the switch.
- ?Lv 76 years ago
Hello there,
Sorry, but given you knowledge of guitars, you will not be able to fix it yourself. By reading what you wrote, that fact is clear. If you want the guitar fixed take it to a shop and have it fixed.
There are a great many things that could be wrong based on your description. The only way to determine the problem is for it to be disassembled, examined and tested by an experienced repairman.
Not what you want to hear, but that is the facts.
Later,
Norm
- Anonymous6 years ago
As a few of us said the last time you asked, it's most likely a fault with the switch. Without actually trying the guitar though it is impossible to say.
- OU812Lv 76 years ago
As I said in your other question, it is most likely a switch, I'd bet money on it. You are probably looking at $25 bucks to have it replaced. If you do not want to go to the shop then go to allparts.com and order a 3-way Telecaster selector switch and install it yourself. They have it in stock for $17.
