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NGD woes - Luke III HSS with wiring problem - Help appreciated

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Issue resolved - My Baaaad - no more NGD woes - Luke III HSS with idiot owner!!

Just picked up an import from USA - brand new Luke III HSS black with full rosewood neck but no sound - opened control cavity and theres a black wire from jack socket which is not connected to anything - must have come loose in transit ..

can anyone post a few pictures of their cavity so i can see where to reconnect please ?

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There are three black wires from jack socket - 1 runs directly into body - another is attached to pin2 on the top row of circuit board - next to white wire at pin 1 . and theres the 3rd which is only connected to the jack
 
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Hard to tell from the pictures, but it looks like the volume or the tone pot wire.

Looks like you might need a schematic.



Good luck, Glenn |B)
 
GWDavis28 said:
Hard to tell from the pictures, but it looks like the volume or the tone pot wire.

Looks like you might need a schematic.



Good luck, Glenn |B)
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I replied to your pm - though my sent items are empty ?

please confirm reciept or suggest an email address I can reply directly to - many thanks again
 
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Hi Phil,

Welcome! We are sorry that you are having issues with your new guitar. I have replied to the email you sent so that a diagram can be emailed, I do need the serial number.

jmp220478 said:
Just picked up an import from USA - brand new Luke III HSS black with full rosewood neck but no sound - opened control cavity and theres a black wire from jack socket which is not connected to anything - must have come loose in transit ..

can anyone post a few pictures of their cavity so i can see where to reconnect please ?

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There are three black wires from jack socket - 1 runs directly into body - another is attached to pin2 on the top row of circuit board - next to white wire at pin 1 . and theres the 3rd which is only connected to the jack
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WillyD said:
Hi Phil,

Welcome! We are sorry that you are having issues with your new guitar. I have replied to the email you sent so that a diagram can be emailed, I do need the serial number.
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I reviewed the diagram ( many thanks ) - however two extra black wires attached to jack

1. from body cavity direct to jack ( has its own wiring hole ) ... earth for trem or similar ??

2. the loose wire - soldered to jack but no obvious termination - the wire end is professionally trimmed n tinned
 
thread update - firstly response from EB guys has been superlative - full pdf schematic sent within minutes ..
my wiring seems to be slightly different however ??


I opened trem cavity n traced a black lead from claw to jack socket - it would seem to be an earth lead ..
on every other trem bridge guitar i have this is the norm - should this be case with this Luke ? ( as its not mentioned in the PDF schematic Ive been sent by EB tech support ? )

I then tried taking the unattached lead from jack to earthing point on the rear cavity cover along with the bare wire earth lead - but no joy

any ideas guys - or photo of your Luke III HSS wiring cavity particularly wiring around jack ..


sorry for appearing so needy - but its a freakin awesome player out of the box - and so frustrating i cant get any sound for what im hoping is a 2 second soldering task ...
 
In a nutshell - I didnt realise that the battery was permanently engaged irrespective of boost feature ...

With all the comms around the move from EMG to passive Transitions - I ASSumed that the preamp / boost was bypassed until engaged .

many thanks to all who replied - forum guys n EB tech

and apologies for wasting everyones time ....
 
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