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I recently bought a US Warrior Pro untested, at a price it was practically a steal (almost US$300, in great condition, hard deluxe case included [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] !!), thinking that I could fix some minor things by myself (strings, intonation, action, etc). This beautiful beast came with 3 pickups similar to Seymour Duncan's Hot Rails in it, plus a preamp system, with an ON/OFF toggle switch.
When testing the guitar I found a horrible, and I mean HORRIBLE hiss noise coming out of it, when using the tone control; I changed the old 9V battery for a fresh one, thinking that this was the cause, but the hiss continued. I tried to fully clean the potentiometer but it didn't work. I tried to bypass the whole circuit and using the pickups as passive ones, but then it was completely dead, no sound at all. I tried bypassing the tone pot (I rarely use it, anyway), but it didn't work.
I'd like to know more about the preamp system and general electronics used in this guitars (brand and specifications of this circuit, brand of pickups, because I took a careful look and those are not Duncans [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] ). A wiring diagram would be killer, if available somewhere; any help will be immensely appreciated. If anyone knows what I might be doing wrong, I accept any suggestions.
I wanna put my little monster back to work, so it will become my main head-tearing axe [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] . Thanks!!
When testing the guitar I found a horrible, and I mean HORRIBLE hiss noise coming out of it, when using the tone control; I changed the old 9V battery for a fresh one, thinking that this was the cause, but the hiss continued. I tried to fully clean the potentiometer but it didn't work. I tried to bypass the whole circuit and using the pickups as passive ones, but then it was completely dead, no sound at all. I tried bypassing the tone pot (I rarely use it, anyway), but it didn't work.
I'd like to know more about the preamp system and general electronics used in this guitars (brand and specifications of this circuit, brand of pickups, because I took a careful look and those are not Duncans [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img] ). A wiring diagram would be killer, if available somewhere; any help will be immensely appreciated. If anyone knows what I might be doing wrong, I accept any suggestions.
I wanna put my little monster back to work, so it will become my main head-tearing axe [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] . Thanks!!
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