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[tomatoblossom]

Whenever I plug it into an amp, the volume cuts off. I'll be playing away, strumming the strings and stuff and the volume cuts off, comes back and cuts off again. Its not the amp or the lead. I turn volume dial on my guitar right up and that sometimes fixes it (its normally at full volume anyway), but it still cuts off on me, and its REALLY annoying.

Can anyone help me?

[Tubthumper]

That sounds like a dodgy connection between the amp and lead to me.

[tomatoblossom]

Thats what I thought at first too, but when I went to my guitar lesson, my guitar did the same thing.

It isnt a very good guitar though. Would it be worth taking it into a music shop and asking there?

[freddiesoffspring]

it sounds like the red or white conncection that comes from your tone dials to ur ouput were u put the lead into ur guitar has come loose this casn happen easily this means that everytime u plug in it will move closer to the metal frame and when it does this it plays fine and wen it moves away it ll go quieter or nonme at all

if thats the case solder it back on or take it to a guitar shop its only 1 cable
if its not that it might be ur tone dial thats actually gone

[Bobby]

if its a pish guitar, it'll probably have pish wiring and pishier components. throw it down the stairs and claim a new one on the house insurance, tell them the dog knocked it over. or....

if you;ve had it less than a year, try taking it back to the shop from whence it came and getting them to fix it for free, or at least give you a free diagnosis as to the exact problem.

if its not under warranty, have a look in the back and solder any loose bits back on. you can get wiring diagrams online so you know you;re doing it right. if its still fucked, get it looked at by a guitar tech or a mate with experience of fucking about with guitars. new components aren't expensive if you need any.

i'd recommend doin it yourself if you can, its usually a lot cheaper and you'll know what to do next time.

[tomatoblossom]

Originally Posted by Bobby

if its a pish guitar, it'll probably have pish wiring and pishier components. throw it down the stairs and claim a new one on the house insurance, tell them the dog knocked it over. or....

if you;ve had it less than a year, try taking it back to the shop from whence it came and getting them to fix it for free, or at least give you a free diagnosis as to the exact problem.

if its not under warranty, have a look in the back and solder any loose bits back on. you can get wiring diagrams online so you know you;re doing it right. if its still fucked, get it looked at by a guitar tech or a mate with experience of fucking about with guitars. new components aren't expensive if you need any.

i'd recommend doin it yourself if you can, its usually a lot cheaper and you'll know what to do next time.

Hmm...throwing it down the stairs is so tempting...but I dont think my home insurance will cover it. Insurance companies always manage to get out of stuff like that.

Aah see I didnt get it from a shop, I got it from ebay.

I have a guitarist friend that I'll molest into looking for loose wires

Thanks for the help!

[britheguy]

It could be to vol pot needing cleaned out. I would try this before getting stuck in with the soldering iron. Give it a squirt with electrical cleaning fluid. Then throw it down the stairs to ensure the fluid gets right into the pot.

[_redlight_]

Hey dude, this happened on my £600 LTD guitar. Its basically, sometimes as simple as making sure the Pot is like, really tight to the body/ scratch plate as if its sitting funny it can just like, fuck the wiring (which can be poor no matter how much money you spend)

but yeah, i used to hit the know up harder and it would come back on, then i realised it was moving. Also on my strat crap squir one, the neck pickup wouldnt cut in, and it was somtimes just cause the knob needed moved or i hate to move the switch with less force hahahl. So dont worry, it might not be bad wiring, just give the Tighten thing a go first.

[tomatoblossom]

Originally Posted by britheguy

It could be to vol pot needing cleaned out. I would try this before getting stuck in with the soldering iron. Give it a squirt with electrical cleaning fluid. Then throw it down the stairs to ensure the fluid gets right into the pot.

I think people round here might have a bit of an obsession with throwing things down stairs. hmm...

thats _redlight_ , I'll try that and if that fails my boyfriends gonna have the pleasure of fixing my guitar for me 8) .

[GraemeC]

I would throw it up the stairs if I were you mate...