Hi,
I've just bought a brand new telecaster with S1 switching but the bridge pickup is acting strange, it doesnt work for maybe 5-10 mins at a time, and then will suddenly start working for maybe 5 mins but intermittently and sometimes with very low volume, once the pickup has gone quiet, touching the bridge below the strings seems to bring the sound back, so i'm guessing it's an earthing (grounding) issue.
My other guitars all work ok with my setup and i've tried various cables into different amps (including a Kemper), but the problem still remains. To make things worse, this is a replacement guitar for the exact same model that was also having very similar problems with the bridge pickup, although the first one seemed to cut out for longer.
Because this is the second guitar with a very similar problem, i'm wondering if it could be a issue with my house wiring (possibly the earthing), or maybe it's just a bad batch from Fender.
anyone got any ideas what this could be? I can either return it back to the shop (2 hour drive each way ) or I can open it up and start poking around with a multimeter, which I don't really fancy on a brand new guitar.
Thanks