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Hohner les paul

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I have a hohner les paul got it of a friend needed a new jack point so bought one and wired it up with no solder ad plugged the amp in and dont get no buzz or any sound from it anyone got a clue what it could be pick ups seem to be fine and all the wires connected let me know any thing you can think off
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theres probably a dead short between signal and earth + it need soldering properly..if you've glued the leads on then it definitely wont work ..post a picture of your wiring
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polyal wrote:theres probably a dead short between signal and earth + it need soldering properly..if you've glued the leads on then it definitely wont work ..post a picture of your wiring
Ive twisted the wires on as ran out of solder and cant get a pic up till sunday as its with my tutor is there any way off finding the short
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have you got a multimeter?
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polyal wrote:have you got a multimeter?
Yes somewere
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do you know where you've lost it
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Should be able to find it will be in the shed somewere
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lets hope there's not too much in the shed . what sort of shed is it ?
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polyal wrote:lets hope there's not too much in the shed . what sort of shed is it ?
A wooden one with a roof and sides and a door and a window
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dont forget to post the pic
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polyal wrote:dont forget to post the pic
Will do il upload it tomoz
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