Switching to neck pickup sometimes gives no (or low) sound output
I got a brand new Schecter Damien Platinum 8. I own it for about a month. At a point, while I was playing, I flipped the switch to the neck pickup position, and the guitar simply stopped producing any sound. I thought it was for some random reason that I could ignore, until it happened again. The next time it happened the guitar produced very low volume sound.
Has two active EMG-808 pickups (both bridge and neck)
Switch has 3 positions
Happens randomly (cannot reproduce)
Battery is brand new
The sound is restored after I flip the switch back to bridge (I tried slightly moving the switch without changing pickup position but that didn't restore the sound. After it happens I have to change the position or the sound will not be restored w/e I do)
What could the cause be? Do you think it's a DOA?
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Seeing as the problem is temporarily fixed by moving the switch into another position and back, this is probably a bad contact in the switch itself. You may be able to fix this by spraying some contact spray into it and toggling back and forth a couple of times, or if that doesn't work, dismantling it and cleaning the individual contacts.
Or, probably more sensible, just replace the switch entirely.
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