New (to me) 1967 SG-5
Received it yesterday in shockingly excellent condition given it’s 59 years old. It even came with the original strap!
Plays and feels great, the neck pickups sounds KILLER. Whammy bar works and it stays in tune! This may replace my Strat….pure single coil sound with vintage Fender radius but Gibson scale length - love it.
If anybody knows about the electronics on these, I have some questions about the pickups, etc:
1 (neck) is very loud, with over 10k resistance
2 (middle) is quite a bit quieter, but mid 9k resistance
3 (bridge) is almost as loud as 1, but also mid 9k
1+2 is just under 5k. Relatively quiet
1 + 3 also just under 5k. Relatively loud
2+3 blended reads nothing in the middle of the sweep (!), tone described below.
1 + 2/3 blended is high 9k.
The sound of 2 by itself is low output, and kind of Strat-quacky. Funny given it reads the same as pickup 3, which is much louder.
When blended with 3, it's similarly quiet, but cancels hum, and sounds like a tone knob has been turned down - much more bass, less treble.
Any ideas what could be going on?